Direct Portfolio Services has introduced discretionary managed asset portfolios of wholesale managed funds into its separately-managed account financial product, ShareInv...
BT Financial Group is about to launch a new initiative on its wrap platform that will see selected fund managers enjoying a range of exclusive benefits while investors sa...
Lonsec’s latest review of Australian hybrid property funds has reflected confidence in both the sector and selected managers....
The predicted worldwide economic slowdown may have a positive effect on global property investing and will be welcomed by ING Clarion managing director and chief investme...
Expectations of reduced returns from Australian listed property compared with previous years have fuelled greater interest in global and hybrid property investment produc...
OFM Investment Group has acquired privately owned funds management company Century Funds Management Limited....
Lonsec’s 2005-2006 large cap international equity sector review has found the asset class experienced a qualitative improvement during the past 12 months....
Lonsec has rated two global property securities funds as ‘highly recommended’, five as ‘recommended’ and two as ‘investment grade’ in its inaugural review of the sector....
Fund managers have again been given the opportunity to give their frank but anonymous assessment on the research houses which so frequently determine how the financial se...
The 2006 Money Management Rating the Raters survey asked for feedback from fund managers about their experiences and dealings with the seven of the main researchers in th...
Only three small cap equity funds scored a ‘highly recommended’ rating in Lonsec’s new sector review report....
Fund managers have confirmed that the major research houses are still capable of significantly influencing their businesses, with 50 per cent expressing the view that res...
Lonsec is the first researcher to reinstate an ‘investment grade’ rating for Colonial First State’s (CFS) Australian property funds following the recruitment of two more ...
Research house Morningstar has not lifted its ‘avoid’ rating on Colonial First States’ global property securities fund, despite the Commonwealth Bank-owned fund manager a...
Forestry managed investment schemes have become the most popular segment of the agribusiness asset class. But there are different sub-segments in the forestry segment and...
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...