The financial relationships between fund managers and research houses escaped scrutiny in the most recent round of regulatory reforms. But that may not be the case for lo...

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has turned its attention to the inner workings of the investment research industry, including research houses'...

Global institutional investment consultant Mercer is looking to increase its competitive presence in the Australian retail research market by leveraging its institutional...

BlackRock has announced several appointments aimed at strengthening its relationship building with retail clients and research gatekeepers....

Dealer groups are increasingly tightening down their Approved Product Lists (APLs) and creating their so-called 'best picks', according to AMP Capital Investors head of r...

After what has been a difficult year for fund managers, research houses and advisers have started to shift focus from short to long-term performance, according to Hyperio...

Mark Hoven outlines the key points of difference in the various approaches to fund ratings and examines the need for improved adviser knowledge of these methodologies....

Research houses may claim to be taking an important step towards greater transparency in the release of their performance statistics, but the depth of this information ha...

ANZ Financial Planning appoints Lonsec to supplement van Eyk Research....

The scrutiny of investment research business models continues, this time with Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Fund Services managing director Mark Hoven putting the...

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....

Advisers have been warned against making simplistic comparisons between fund ratings from different research houses in the Australian market....

The chief executive of van Eyk Research, Mark Thomas, has explained the remuneration relationships between some of his research houses’ key dealer group clients and...

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...