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Financial planning

Listed property has recovered since the massive lows of the global financial crisis, but there are plenty of challenges ahead for the industry, particularly investor sent...

Funds management

Lonsec’s latest sector review of Australian and global equity SRI funds questions the motivations of some fund managers signing up to the United Nations Principles ...

Financial planning

Criticisms by van Eyk Research chief Mark Thomas of the levels of scrutiny being applied by research houses have sparked a strong response from rival research houses, wri...

Funds management

Good buying opportunities exist in industrial property, with high quality assets to be found on an 8.25 per cent yield, according to Charter Hall Direct Property’s ...

Editorial

The criticisms increasingly levelled against ratings houses are often unfair and symptomatic of failings in the way their research is interpreted and applied, writes Mike...

Financial planning

The chief executive of van Eyk Research, Mark Thomas, has fired a broadside at the Australian investment research industry, criticising his peers for failing to apply hig...

Financial planning

Financial planners know what they want from a ratings house and the common starting point is quality research underpinned by user-friendliness. Mike Taylor reports....

Financial planning

Financial planners and dealer groups rank Lonsec as preferred ratings house on back of its research quality, client service and user-friendliness. Mike Taylor reports....

Top 100

Money Management's Top 100 Dealer Groups survey reveals Van Eyk Research as dealer groups' research house of choice, while Lonsec and Morningstar maintain broad market re...

Financial planning

Lonsec has been named Money Management's inaugural Funds Management Ratings House of the Year on the back of its focus on gauging what its customers want and delivering t...

Funds management

The take up of exchange traded funds (ETFs) is still low in the adviser community, despite their increasing use by direct and self-managed super fund investors....

Funds management

With Asia having been termed a global equities sweet spot in terms of the way it has emerged from the global recession, a new Lonsec sector review has pointed to global e...

Funds management

Lonsec has released its 2010 Australian Property Sector Review, with the Vanguard Property Securities Index Fund the only fund of 19 reviewed to achieve the highest ratin...

Financial planning

The closing down of India Equities Fund last week is not indicative of what is happening in the Indian market, according to Fiducian Portfolio Services....

Financial planning

Multi-managers feel the increasing sophistication of their investment approach is making it less of a challenge to demonstrate that they can deliver enough active return ...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

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The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

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ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

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