The Australian Consumers’ Association has echoed the sentiments of ASIC by calling for tighter controls over the mortgage broking industry in light of the proliferation a...

A small, Melbourne-based dealer group has done what only a handful of the global institutional managers have managed to do in Australia – launched its own China-specific ...

Stephen Henshall’s route into paraplanning was through superannuation administration at William Mercer. The change, however, showed him the difference between handling fu...

Hungarian banks, chewable tobacco and other exotics are part of the stuff of global stock stories that excite these specialist managers....

With Rob Coombe at the helm, BT Financial Group identified the need to expand its advice and distribution capabilities, and took the bold step of establishing a new deale...

Australians can boast that they have a funds management industry renowned the world over for its innovation. But not very often does a successful local fund manager come ...

The fortunes of Westpac Banking Corporation continue to climb after it delivered a record profit of $2,818 million for the year ended September 30, 2005, representing an ...

Van Eyk Research has overhauled its ratings systems, adding some new fund manager ratings and tightening the definitions of the others....

St George’s wealth management business contributed almost 20 per cent more to the group’s profit before tax this year than in 2004, on the back of strong investment marke...

HFA Asset Management’s conscious effort to become more proactive with institutional investors has begun to pay dividends with the winning of a $60 million international s...

Skandia will add six new funds to its investment menus on all products, except corporate superannuation, in response to market trends identified during the firm’s most re...

Fund manager Portfolio Partners is the latest investment company to get more serious about going green, having signed a research partnership with the Sustainable Investme...

For the second time in a week investors have been told to hold off on investing in funds managed by Colonial First State, sparking expectations of radical changes to the ...

Boutique property fund manager APN Funds Management is bidding to give advisers access to direct property through platforms with the launch of a new fund....