research houses

Financial planning

ASIC concerned over ‘cookie-cutter’ approach to advice

ASIC warns of best interest duty breaches where dealer groups take a ‘cookie-cutter’ approach....

Editorial

Given the nature of the relationships which traditionally exist between dealer groups and research houses, how many financial planners can actually claim to have a better...

Financial planning

Planners expect too much, say researchers

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. ...

Rate the raters

The blame game continues

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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What financial advisers want from research houses

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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Rate the raters 2013

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

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Are there too many ratings houses in Australia?

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

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Research houses stand their ground

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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Fund managers and research houses - a cold war thaw?

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...

Financial planning

Research houses to spruik conflict compliance

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...

Financial planning

AllMyFunds acquires InvestmentLink

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

People & Products

MFS IM appoints Ross Cartwright to sales team

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

Financial planning

Communicating the value of research falls on researchers

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...