FUND MANAGER

Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank has called for the retention of dealer group rebates and a self-regulatory approach to the removal of commissions from the financial planning indust...

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Funds management

Light of Day, an association for investors in the unlisted property sector, has been formed for those dissatisfied with bank lending practices....

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Financial planning

Well-known former ANZ Bank chief economist Saul Eslake has taken up a role on the investment advisory committee of Wingate Asset Management....

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Financial planning

Peer pressure and the fear of risking their careers is pushing many fund managers to maintain low tracking error against the index, leading to little difference between t...

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Funds management

Listed financial services company Snowball will acquire Officium Capital - a responsible entity of 14 funds - in a bid to take more control of the price charged by underl...

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Financial planning

A weaker global banking system is forcing businesses to seek credit elsewhere, which is creating opportunities for private credit internationally and in Australia, accord...

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Editorial

Investors with ethical sensitivities may prefer certified responsible investment funds, but do they really understand where their money is going and to what extent do the...

Funds management

Research has found advisers don't fully trust ratings houses that rely on fund manager payments as their main source of revenue....

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Funds management

A HSBC quarterly fund manager survey has stated that over half of fund managers hold a positive outlook about bonds, although investors may look towards reducing interest...

Editorial

Edwina Best and Amanda Rethus discuss the importance of researchers to the financial services industry and your business....

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Editorial

Robert Keavney considers the active versus passive funds management debate and concludes that both sides’ arguments are too simplistic....

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Financial planning

Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief Pauline Vamos is concerned that financial planners aren't responding to different retirement phases with dif...

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Editorial

Alena Miles considers what lies ahead in super and retirement income streams, particularly in light of three major Government policy reviews....

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Funds management

Pengana Capital’s Asian Equities Long Short Fund is now accessible as a retail fund, having previously only been open to wholesale investors....

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has launched civil action against the directors and companies involved in the collapse of the MFS group of companies....

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...

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Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

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Insignia Financial has confirmed it is considering a preliminary non-binding proposal received from a US private equity giant to acquire the firm. ...

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Specialist wealth platform provider Mason Stevens has become the latest target of an acquisition as it enters a binding agreement with a leading Sydney-based private equi...

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