FUNDS MANAGEMENT

Funds management

The flurry of regulatory change out of the US and Europe has served to challenge Australian investment managers....

Editorial

As part of their value-add, financial planners are increasingly putting in the time to build direct share portfolios for their clients. Are direct investments the new coo...

Editorial

Financial advisers must be conscious of making their advice easy for clients to understand and knowing the difference between wants and needs, writes Mark Knight....

Superannuation

Super Concepts' Nicholas Ali provides a breakdown of what is allowed and what's not with regards to buying property in an SMSF....

Funds management

HLB Mann Judd Melbourne will create a new wealth management division to be headed by financial adviser Andrew Lord....

Funds management

Industry commentators have tried to outline an approach by which the boutique funds industry can avoid being sidelined by the rise in self-managed super funds (SMSFs) and...

Editorial

Allan Gray Australia's Johan de Lange says investors should not be settling for less but demanding better returns from their fund managers....

Editorial

van Eyk's Jonathan Ramsay gives investors some tips for determining whether a fund manager will outperform....

Financial planning

Select Asset Management part of foundation alliance for nascent Winston Capital Partners....

Funds management

A structural change in investor attitudes means fund managers are now competing in a "savings pool" rather than an "investment pool", according to BT Investment Managemen...

Funds management

Australian fund manager LM Investment Management is conducting due diligence with two offshore real estate private equity funds in a deal worth $1 billion....

Superannuation

Over the 12 months to 30 September, Challenger's funds management business has grown its total FUM by 27 per cent to $32.6 billion....

Editorial

Matt Drennan writes that much of the debate about investment markets and methodologies overlooks the importance of client needs....

Funds management

Investment strategies for Australian institutional investors posted mostly positive results for the September quarter spurred on by a strong local share market....

Superannuation

SMSFs should be compelled to put some money into the country's infrastructure assets, according to chairman of retirement income at Challenger, Jeremy Cooper....

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