Ratings-house Assirt has awarded Barclays Global Investors’ (BGI) new Hedged International Share Fund a four star rating after the fund’s launch this week....
APIR Systems has signed up Brisbane-based dealer group Australian Investment and Financial Planners (AI&FP) as the first full-service user of its Compliance Reference Ser...
Australian equities analysts Jack Chemello and Misha Collins have left ING Investment Management after only 12 and 2 1/2 months respectively to return to their previous e...
Australian boutique fund manager Select Asset Management has announced a joint venture with European hedge fund manager Aspect Capital to increase its absolute return foc...
Sealcorp has recently approved some changes to the investment menu of its master trust and wrap platform Asgard, including splitting off hedge funds, absolute return fund...
Following its recent damning report into the planning industry, ASIC is pledging to come down hard on wayward planning groups, but some say the watchdog is overstepping t...
Van Eyk Capital will roll out its annual agribusiness survey this month with the research group encouraging advisers and clients to consider the benefit of the investment...
Zurich Financial Services Australia (ZFSA) has appointed Matthew Drennan to the new role of director of investments (portfolios and funds)....
With the number of planning businesses continuing to grow, advisers must find ways to differentiate themselves. BenAbbott discovers what it takes to stand out from the mo...
Boutique property fund manager MacarthurCook is poised to achieve its back-door Australian Stock Exchange listing after shareholders in Local Telecom and Internet agreed ...
Former Macquarie Financial Services Group executive director Brett Spork will take on the position of chief executive with E-Trade, taking over the role from Michael Dele...
Fledgling value manager 452 Capital has been given an overall ‘Buy’ rating for its Australian share product offering in InvestorWeb Research’s first ever review of the co...
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission’s (ASIC) examination of financial planning groups named as having produced ‘very poor’ plans in the regulator’s recent...
Former associate director with Assirt, Anthony Serhan, has joined rival research house Morningstar as head of consulting....
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has continued with its crackdown on the financial planning industry, permanently banning two more people from ...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...