investment management

Funds management

Centuria expands partnership with OneVue

Specialist investment manager, Centuria Property Funds Limited, will build on its partnership with OneVue to deliver improved investment services, the company revealed....

Funds management

APRA rebuffed on risk warning for cloud based services

Regulator's concerns around cloud based services overly cautious and stuck in time-warp claims online service provider ....

Funds management

A green thumbs-up to responsible investment

Arguing against responsible investment strategies is becoming an increasingly difficult thing to do, with fund performance and investor ambitions aligning, writes Nichola...

Life/Risk

First time buyer investors finding it tough

Property buyers looking to make their first home purchase an investment face more challenges than other investors, research reveals....

Funds management

Sydney pair convicted of insider trading

Former Moody’s associate, Daniel Joffe, and his co-accused, Nathan Stromer, have been convicted by the Supreme Court after pleading guilty to two counts of insider tradin...

Superannuation

Direct investment popularity continues

The growth of SMSFs has seen the popularity of listed investment companies, exchange traded funds, and separately managed accounts continue....

People & Products

BNP Paribas launches new solution

BNP Paribas launches asset and liability investment analytics solution aimed at pension and super funds....

Funds management

Wilson HTM sells big share to NZ firm

Wilson HTM is selling its securities arm to NZ private wealth and investmenet management firm Craigs, which has grabbed a 40 per cent share....

Funds management

Praemium posts maiden profit off back of SMA growth

Platform provider Praemium has posted its maiden underlying half year profit with growth in its SMA and funds management arms boosting the group...

Funds management

ETF market to power on to $100 billion level

The ETF sector is in the middle of a prolonged growth spurt and hit $100 billion by 2020 cementing its place as a mainstream investment strategy....

Superannuation

Gap in advice on SMSF

There are various areas of SMSFs that investors are demanding advice on that are not currently available, research showed....

Superannuation

Could platform bias be undermining returns?

Investors and advisers are incorrectly adopting a short-term investment skew when it comes to self-managed super funds, with a platform-driven gearing towards liquid asse...

Editorial

Time to re-balance investments

With forecasts of volatility on the horizon, asset allocation may need to be revisited in 2015, David Bryant writes. ...

Financial planning

Time to focus on draw down phase: Lonsec

With Baby Boomers closing in on retirement, the financial advice industry needs to shift its focus from accumulation to draw down, according to Lonsec Research....