HEDGE funds have been on a bit of a crusade lately, grabbing headlines and attracting investors who are seeking returns in an environment where they are not exactly easy ...
Assirt has given Deutsche Asset Management a tick for its Global Equities Opportunities Fund, but a cross for the fund manager’s international fixed interest capabilities...
INVESTORS looking to optimise their share market returns in the next six months should look to value stocks given the prevailing economic conditions, which will create a ...
Alternative investments challenge the very core of investment theory because they open up the debate between relative and absolute returns. As FIONA MOORE reports, it is ...
An understanding of market movements is essential for financial planners and as ROBERT KEAVNEY writes, taking a longer term view will always reveal the underlying fundame...
A fair days wage for a fair days work is still the catchcry for most working people but does the same apply to the financial services industry. Jason Spits looks at what ...
Equity investing has topped the popularity list in the retail industry in the past few months, the latest Assirt Market Share Report has revealed....
The investment projections of some fund managers lack basic ingredients, writes DOMINIC McCORMICK....
Specialist investment research group 5Di will expand its operations and move into supplying its own manage the manager (MTM) style investment funds....
UBS Global Asset Management came from almost nowhere to win this year’s Fund Manager of the Year award. DAVID HOVENDEN spoke to John Larum and Colin Woods about the group...
Market volatility helped finalists in the fixed interest category of the 2002 Fund Manager of the Year awards achieve some impressive performance. John Wilkinson reports....
Listed financial services group Challenger International has launched a new high yield fixed interest fund with a goal to significantly outperform traditional cash and fi...
A multi-manager approach to investing in equities is gaining momentum. But as FIONA MOORE reports, it means planners will need to redefine where they add value....
Rothschild has launched a new web-based calculator for financial planners to explain hedging funds to their clients....
Research house Morningstar has given the thumbs up to IOOF after the fund manager appointed two international specialist fixed interest managers for its suite of multi-se...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...
increased professionalism within the industry - shouldn't that say, FAR register almost halving in the last 24 months he...