RETAIL INVESTORS
Financial planning
Macquarie Bank has boosted its alternative investments offering to retail investors with the launch of the Macquarie Forestry Investment (MFI) Fund....
Financial planning
The hybrid securities sector remains a heavily concentrated and risky market despite its general growth and positive returns, and presents a range of complex issues for i...
Editorial
What if much of what you knew about investing was wrong? Dominic McCormick reports....
Funds management
Two former Challenger International executives are close to launching a new alternative investment management company - Aurora Funds Management - in the domestic market....
Financial planning
The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has released an upgraded Standard Investment Management Agreement (SIMA) emphasising the importance of active cor...
Financial planning
Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM) has made a move into the depressed Asian equities market, launching an Asia ex Japan fund for Australian investors at what it claims...
Financial planning
BT Funds Management will offer its nine Partner Funds to the retail market and allow investors to access investment managers previously only available through its wrap pl...
Financial planning
Van Eyk Research has added another consultant to its agribusiness division, van Eyk Capital, with Dr Peter Dry now assisting analysis in the firm’s annual agribusiness re...
Financial planning
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) will be undertaking a significant review of AMP’s proposal to de-merge its operations in Australia and the UK prior ...
Financial planning
Trading in AMP Limited stocks was suspended today following the announcement of a de-merger which would result in the Australasian operations being distanced from the gro...
Financial planning
Investors are being urged to participate in the initial public offering (IPO) of financial services group Promina in May with van Eyk Research stating it to be an attract...
Financial planning
Financial services group Promina will attempt to raise up to $2.1 billion in its upcoming listing on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) in May....
Financial planning
Equity markets still have some way to go before they reach long term positive territory. Jason Spits looks at the hurdles that lie ahead....
Financial planning
Macquarie Funds Management and van Eyk Research have partnered to launch a range of pre-blended multi-manager investments called the van Eyk Blueprint Series of Funds....
Financial planning
The Macquarie Enhanced Fixed Interest Fund has broken the $1 billion mark for funds under management for the first time, after taking in more than $550 million in the 12 ...
Never miss the latest news and developments in wealth management industry
MARKET INSIGHTS
Podcast
The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...