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Accounting

The accounting scams in the US might write off up to 25 per cent of earnings from the S & P 500 and this will lead investors to face negative returns for a number of year...

Financial planning

Research house Morningstar has given Platinum Asset Management a two out of five business and management strength rating, citing the manager’s track record of solid inter...

Editorial

While many investors are steering clear of offshore markets, GEORGE LIONDIS reports that Frank Russell has stuck to its guns with its heavy international equities weighti...

Financial planning

Research house Morningstar has released a qualitative report on Deutsche Asset Management which rates the fund manager with an overall score of four, which means it is in...

Financial planning

ROTHSCHILD Australia Asset Management’s former head of institutional Patricia Curtain and Westpac’s general manager of consumer risk Chris Smith have been appointed the j...

Financial planning

There used to be one name for fund managers who pooled money to invest with a range of fund managers. So what happened? FIONA MOORE reports on the rise of the multi-manag...

People & Products

The first major part of the integration of Westpac Investment Management (WIM) and Rothschild Australia Asset Management (RAAM) has been finalised with the appointment of...

Financial planning

The Frank Russell group has dropped Deutsche Asset Management and Westpeak Global Advisors from the series of managers on its multi-manager investment funds in favour of ...

Financial planning

The listed property trust asset class will finish the financial year with at least its second strongest performance ever, having already achieved an index return of just ...

Financial planning

Merrill Lynch Investment Managers’ (MLIM) international performance has been slammed by Assirt, with the research house branding the group’s international shares and Glob...

Financial planning

Rothschild Australia Asset Management will operate as an independent entity under the deal to combine its funds management business with Westpac Bank to create a new orga...

Financial planning

Consistent outperformance across a range of asset classes was the key to accolades in the multi-sector category of the 2002 Fund Manager of the Year awards....

Financial planning

Perpetual Investments has launched a socially responsible investment (SRI) fund, following two years of research to determine investor and financial adviser interest in e...

Financial planning

Van Eyk Research says BT Funds Management has been slow to utilise its connections with US parent, Principal, but that the fund manager is at last making steps in the rig...

Financial planning

The investment management division of the Melbourne based Equity Trustees group, EQT Fund Management, has launched a small companies fund targeted specifically at retail ...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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