Investment performance is still the most important consideration for clients de-ciding which product to invest in, a funds management and consumers study has found....
In less than a fortnight, the first conference to combine wholesale and retail financial services kicks off in Melbourne. Two of the IFSA conference's keynote speakers sp...
Technology stocks are generally not overvalued if evaluated in terms of the longer-term changes that are occurring to the economy....
The void at the top of HSBC Asset Management has finally been filled. John Wilkinson spoke with the two new executives about their plans to make the Australian operations...
Macquarie Technology Funds Management and Acer Capital Australia have launched a $30 million venture capital fund....
A new financial planning firm has bucked the industry trend, with its planners leaving a major corporation's ranks to set up shop on their own....
Deutsche Funds Management (DFM) is about to launch what it believes are Australia's first themed international funds....
Advisers recommending high income clients invest blindly in unit trusts should beware of tax implications....
This is an open letter to all funds managers from a typical adviser who runs a small business. I mean to raise issues that urgently need to be addressed by all sides of o...
Several financial planning and research groups have slapped “hold” notices on new investment in BT Funds Management’s products as they wait for a buyer to emerge....
The merger between Lifeplan and StateGuard Friendly Society has been approved by all members and will go ahead on April 1....
Readers will remember our last episode where Nick Bruining had decided to take the leap of faith required to obtain a dealer's licence. We left our intrepid hero dangling...
Two events of the past month have the potential to turn the retail financial services market on its head. Tom Collins examines the possibilities opened up by the sale of ...
Colonial First State says its recent gong as Money Management Fund Manager of the Year is no flash in the pan. Zilla Efrat looks behind the group's impressive numbers and...
Colonial First State has been awarded the investment industry's highest accolade as Money Management's Fund Manager of the Year....
So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...
This is why I left my last position. There was no interest in giving the client quality time, it was all about bumping ...
So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...