As it continues its discussions with industry, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has extended the commencement of upcoming disclosure benchmarks...
Market conditions are driving a renewed interest in alternative investments, but a number of practical limitations may be limiting allocations in the retail space. Bela M...
Fabio Ferro joins Wealth Enhancers as portfolio manager....
Many investors are paying active fees and ending up with index-like returns, writes Jonathan Ramsay....
Looking back over 20-year periods, hedge fund strategies have largely met investors’ expectations, matching and outperforming global bonds and equities, respectively....
The ex-director of Astarra AM has been banned for life after contributing to the collapse of Trio Capital by failing to comply with financial services law. ...
New data from Towers Watson has found that its clients have increased their allocation to hedge fund and private market strategies by 70 per cent since 2010, finishing th...
The world has recently seen a dramatic turnaround in investor sentiment and market performance, but should investors be worried about the cheery consensus? Dominic McCorm...
IOSCO recommends protections for investors who are direct-sold complex financial products....
Elan Miller has been appointed senior portfolio manager of Pengana Capital's Australian Equities Market Neutral Fund....
AMP Capital has added two portfolio managers to its alternatives team....
ASIC has extended the interim class order relief from the short product disclosure statement (PDS) regime for multi-funds, superannuation platforms and hedge funds....
GBST has been retained by Sunsuper to provide after-tax performance benchmarking services for two of the fund's Australian equities mandates....
What are the benefits of using a commodity trading adviser (managed futures) fund in a portfolio? What is a reasonable allocation, and where should that allocation come f...
Australian hedge fund managers currently manage around $208 billion in funds, trumping the absolute return hedge fund markets of Singapore and Hong Kong, according BasisP...
The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...