Performance graphs can be misleading, warns Rob Keavney, who explains how fund managers and others can create false impressions of investment performance....
Complex products preventing planners from taking advantage of market upswings....
Professional Investment Services (PIS) is considering placing a cap on the commissions its advisers can receive for recommending investment products....
The six largest institutionally-owned dealer groups place an average 73 per cent of their clients' super products with their own parent company, with the top three placin...
Japanese fund manager Nomura Asset Management will be launching a retail China fund in Australia next month....
Boutique property fund manager Amici Funds Management has launched its first direct property investment fund with the purchase of an office building in Sydney....
Short-term returns are not compelling for investors, while volatility remains key issue to consider when investing in small cap funds....
Russell Investments has appointed value fund manager Dimensional Fund Advisors to manage a portion of its Russell Australian Shares Fund....
Share markets will not sustain recent gains and will fall to pre-2003 levels....
A key advantage offered by Deutsche Bank is a unique integration between the futures and options business and the managed account platform....
The spotlight on fees and commissions may soon be transferred from financial planners to product providers as a result of a review of the joint Investment and Financial S...
Some fund managers have expressed concerns that new requirements for product providers are going to make it harder for boutiques to get their products on to an investment...
Two recent research reports suggest active fund management has failed over the medium term to outperform the market. Robin Bowerman weighs in on the index versus active d...
US-based fund manager Safa Muhtaseb said market growth in the US and globally is likely to exceed expectations, but that we're only in the early stages of a recovery....
The funds management group is taking advantage of challenging market conditions to add to its stable of advisory businesses in its private wealth arm. Perpetual's latest ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....