RESEARCH HOUSES

Financial planning

Some sections of the financial planning industry do not have a full understanding of what research houses do and to what extent their ratings can be relied upon. ...

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If a product receives a glowing review by a research house and subsequently fails, should the research house be partly responsible? The Parliamentary Joint Committee rece...

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Rate the raters

The Money Management Rate the Raters survey of dealer groups and advisers offers an annual snapshot of what is important for end-user clients of the products on offer by ...

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Between financial planners and fund managers stand research houses vetting products as they come to market, often to the chagrin of fund managers who have come to rely on...

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They may have expanded their services, but research houses are not about to give fund managers a free pass to market. Jason Spits reports....

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Last year saw one of the major investment research houses, Standard & Poor’s (S&P), exit the Australian market. ...

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Money Management asked fund managers once again what they thought about the research houses which rate their products....

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Financial planning

Research houses will embark on a campaign of actively promoting their compliance with conflict of interest requirements before the 1 September deadline imposed by ASIC RG...

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Financial planning

AllMyFunds Technology has acquired financial services technology provider InvestmentLink in a move to bolster its scaled advice offering....

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People & Products

Former Mercer principal Ross Cartwright has joined MFS Investment Management as head of platforms in Australia as the firm expands its local presence....

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Financial planning

Despite new disclosure requirements being welcome by most of the industry, articulating the value-add of investment research to consumers is left up to the interpretation...

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Financial planning

ASIC announces targeted surveillance of research providers under new policy approach....

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Financial planning

Ratings of complex financial products need to be taken with a "grain of salt", according to WHK Group head of research Jeremy McPhail....

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Lonsec has once again snatched the Money Management Research House of the Year title. However, Morningstar and Mercer are catching up....

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Financial planning

The consolidation within the financial planning dealer group space is a potential concern for research houses over the long-term, but at the moment it's business as usual...

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