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Financial planning

Australian boutique investment bank Mariner Corporate Finance - a joint venture between Bill Ireland’s Mariner Financial firm and Melbourne-based corporate adviser David ...

Funds management

Although Portfolio Partners has moved from boutique to big, it has retained its small and nimble approach. John Wilkinson reports....

Editorial

The poor performance of some traditional asset classes is fuelling investor appetite for hedge funds. Craig Phillips asks whether this interest is part of a long-term phe...

Editorial

Craig Phillips looks back at some of the big funds management groups no longer in operation....

Financial planning

Bonds have traditionally been seen as the safe alternative and have performed particularly well in recent times. But how long will it last? Ben Abbott reports....

Financial planning

ING Australia has announced changes to the investment options available on its low-cost OneAnswer platform to provide more choice and convenience to its advisers and inve...

Funds management

Perennial Investment Partners yesterday signalled it will continue to be active in representing investor interests on corporate governance, a stance coinciding with the r...

Editorial

The international investment market is starting to turn, says Greg Germon, although trying to pick the low-hanging fruit is still a tricky business....

Financial planning

What use is past performance in predicting the future? Deirdre Keown reports....

Financial planning

UBS Global Asset Management led the pack of six star rated funds in the Australian Fixed Interest Sector, coming in ahead of IOOF/Perennial and BT Financial Group (Sagitt...

Financial planning

UBS has been rated the top six star manager in diversified funds by InvestorWeb Research for its Global Fund - a multi-sector product with active sector management....

Financial planning

The Assirt research house has released a ‘strong’ rating for two fund managers to which BT Funds Management is now outsourcing its management in the areas of internationa...

Financial planning

Underweighting international equities and overweighting property trusts has paid off for value manager Maple Brown Abbott (MBA) which has taken line honours in the multi-...

Financial planning

The attention generated by the shadow shopping survey appears to have paralysed the industry, argues Tom Collins....

Financial planning

Not many fund managers can claim to have escaped the industry shake-out over the past two years. But Macquarie Funds Management is one of them. Simon Segal reports....

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