Justin Delaney explains why the current debate over financial advice remuneration models means the industry is in danger of losing sight of the purpose of wrap platforms....

Fund managers should start shifting their approach to considering what investors need rather than carving up the market when developing products, according to Legg Mason ...

Aberdeen’s Stuart James claims benchmarking can leave investors short on handy exposures....

Dominic McCormick explains that when it comes to investing, the process is much less important than the character traits and the experience of the investment managers who...

The Board of the Financial Planning Association has proposed significant changes to the make-up of the association, which would see individual financial planners given pr...

Regulators perpetually struggle to create a healthy environment for the provision of financial advice, however, Robert Keavney identifies several areas where they have mi...

Fund managers, super funds and other financial services organisations still have a long way to go before they rebuild the investor trust they lost during the global finan...

Some of the community anger directed towards the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) after its Melbourne Cup day rate hike appears to have trickled down to the funds man...

Boutiques have emerged as a major attraction for investment personnel departing the major institutions....

Regulators have again been urged to intervene in the issue of fund promotion as some of Australia’s biggest fund managers and super funds continue to market product...

A number of advisers and dealer group heads have expressed frustration at a perceived lack of support from the funds management industry in protecting advisers against de...

Australia set to push for introduction of Asia Region Funds Management Passport at APEC forum....

A large proportion of industry super funds have high numbers of relatively small investment mandates, ultimately driving up the cost of investment management for members....

Lack of consistency in fund name conventions remains a significant issue, with labels such as ‘balanced’ and ‘growth’ often meaning very different...