INTERNATIONAL EQUITIES
Financial planning
Colonial First State launched its FirstChoice wholesale platform today while also announcing a record $7 billion funds under administration for its retail counterpart....
Financial planning
Colonial First State will offer wholesale pricing on its investment platform FirstChoice with an average total fee of 1 per cent....
Financial planning
The Australian funds management industry is moving towards $1 trillion in funds under management after passing the $700 billion mark in the latest figures released by res...
Financial planning
Perpetual Investments has taken out the top prize in the Money Management/Assirt Fund Manager of the Year Award and has also been named as winner in the Australian equiti...
Funds management
Managed funds research house Morningstar is claiming managed funds are able to beat any given benchmark but few do so, due to a lack of manager skill....
Financial planning
Skandia has become the first customer in Australia to sign-up to Morningstar’s Portfolio X-Ray tool - an instrument that details fund aggregate portfolio asset allocation...
Financial planning
Hunter Hall International has joined the long list of companies to establish a listed investment company (LIC) today with the launch of its previously flagged $200 millio...
Financial planning
A collection of positive ratings have been bestowed by research house Assirt on fund managers AXA and ABN Amro, with most of their fund sectors and management capabilitie...
Funds management
Fund managers remain cautious in their outlook for investment markets this year despite rising levels of confidence stemming from the turnaround in equity market performa...
Editorial
Platinum Capital Management was one of the few managers able to achieve good inflows in international equities over a period of poor market performance....
Financial planning
Shareholders of listed investment company Bentley Equities - previously BT Global Asset Management - will indirectly vote early in the new year on whether to appoint Cons...
Financial planning
The good times appear to be rolling again for Australian and international share managers according to the latest data released by InTech Financial Services....
Funds management
Australian equities were the stand-out performer when compared to other asset classes in the month of October, after the S&P 200/ASX finished up 3.2 per cent....
Superannuation
Australia’s best-performing super funds recently have been those with a higher than average allocation towards property and minimal exposure to international equities, wr...
Financial planning
Listed investment company Bentley Equities - previously BT Global Asset Management - has flagged a move back into active investing with shareholders to vote on the appoin...
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