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Features

Commentators may be forecasting consolidation in private market firms but a survey of the industry itself expects new manager formation will still outpace this, especiall...

Funds management

Index provider MSCI has unveiled two measures to make it easier for financial advisers and wealth managers to access transparent insights into private assets. ...

Financial planning

Wealth managers will need to reach aggressive short-term goals to grow their assets under management, according to Natixis Investment Managers, but Asia-Pacific has the l...

Financial planning

Wealth managers have said they are experiencing difficulties in aligning their company’s in-house views with the ever-increasing needs of clients, according to MSCI. ...

Funds management

Wealth managers globally have said they are highly likely to increase their allocations to active ETFs, according to MSCI....

Funds management

‘Ineffective sales methods’ have been cited as the largest barrier to private market investment by APAC wealth managers, according to MSCI, greater than the products’ ill...

Features

The global nature and geopolitical threats involved in investing in emerging markets can mean the job of an emerging market manager entails additional challenges than its...

Funds management

Maple-Brown Abbott has expanded its fund range with the launch of a global emerging market equity fund....

Funds management

Amid growing ESG regulation around the world, new research foresees interest in disclosure obligations and fund names and classifications to rise further in the coming ye...

Funds management

Money Management finds out how the Australian stockmarket compares with others around the world after a challenging start to the new year....

Expert Analysis

Investors could be forgiven for overlooking Asia-ex Japan in their portfolios, Geoff Bazzan writes, but its forecast growth and consumption opportunities make it too impo...

Funds management

Global indices which exclude fossil fuels have outperformed those which include them but this is not the case for Australia thanks to companies such as Whitehaven Coal se...

Funds management

Five years on from the UK’s historic Brexit vote, its economy is lagging behind that of Europe despite outperforming in the five years prior....

Funds management

The stronger US dollar and rising US bond yields present a “double negative” for emerging markets, according to Natixis Investment Managers....

Funds management

Pendal is overweight to Brazil and Mexico but there is one Latin American country which the firm’s emerging market managers view as “uninvestable”....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months ago

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

5 months 1 week ago

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

7 months 1 week ago

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 cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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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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