Fund managers and research houses have come under fire for relying too heavily on benchmarks when constructing portfolios....

The take up of exchange traded funds (ETFs) is still low in the adviser community, despite their increasing use by direct and self-managed super fund investors....

Today is the last chance financial planners have to voice their opinion in the Money Management Rate the Raters survey....

Despite pay-for-ratings models coming under increasing scrutiny, the major research houses cannot survive on research subscriptions alone. Lucinda Beaman reports....

The results of the annual Money Management Rate the Raters survey have shown research houses are still in favour. However, there is still room for improvement. Angela Fah...

Australia’s major retail funds management ratings houses need to improve their turnaround times, according to the findings of Money Management’s 2010 Rate the Raters surv...

The managing director of Professional Investment Services (PIS) has questioned the role and value of investment research in light of recent failures in the agribusiness m...

A boutique structured products provider, Alpha Structured Investments, has raised concerns about what it considers to be over-engineered structured products offered by th...

Dominic McCormick explains the reasoning behind Select Asset Management's decision to raise concerns regarding Trio Capital/Astarra....

Securitor has expanded its internal research team from seven to 13 over the past 12 months as it moves to take a greater responsibility for research in-house, with more g...

Investment research houses play a significant role in influencing the investment decisions of financial advisers, but are they held accountable for their recommendations?...

Have the recent issues raised by Trio Capital (formally Astarra/Absolute Alpha) created a mini-Madoff affair? Dominick McCormick investigates....

Research has found advisers don't fully trust ratings houses that rely on fund manager payments as their main source of revenue....

With the dust from the global financial crisis beginning to settle, it is an opportune time for some reflection, writes Mark Hoven....