The investment research team at ANZ-owned RI Advice Group, led by Dinyar Irani, is leaving to set up a portfolio construction company in partnership with Ray Miles’...
Not all research houses are created equal, and even within the leading research houses there are areas of strength and weaknesses that must be accounted for....
Some of Australia’s biggest investment research contracts have changed hands in recent weeks, and there could be more changes in the pipeline....
Regulators have again been urged to intervene in the issue of fund promotion as some of Australia’s biggest fund managers and super funds continue to market product...
Morningstar has boosted its fund research team with the return of Mark Laidlaw from its London-based European fund research team....
Active managers across a range of sharemarket categories failed to beat their respective indexes in the last quarter....
Lack of consistency in fund name conventions remains a significant issue, with labels such as ‘balanced’ and ‘growth’ often meaning very different...
With the debate between active and index funds continuing to gather momentum, Benjamin Levy examines the role of both strategies in a post GFC climate....
Research house Morningstar has placed the Fidelity Global Equities Fund 'on hold' following the company’s announcement about the departure of its portfolio manager,...
Anthony Serhan appointed CEO of Morningstar's Australian and New Zealand operations....
Tarrants was not the only financial planning firm to recommend clients invest in the Astarra Strategic Fund, and those recommendations were made following sound due dilig...
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...
It is now clear that the failure of many fund managers to appropriately navigate the global financial crisis has caused many investors to question the ultimate value they...
Morningstar has begun publishing qualitative analyst research on Australian-offered exchange-traded funds (ETFs)....
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...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...