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...
New discussions have emerged about separately managed accounts (SMAs) and their potential for future growth, as some fund managers have allowed for coexistence between wr...
Aviva Investors has signed another two-year deal with administration provider, OneVue....
Advisers have been asked to consider the benefits of supporting fund managers who put their money where their mouth is....
Lonsec’s latest sector review of Australian and global equity SRI funds questions the motivations of some fund managers signing up to the United Nations Principles ...
Some of the proposed reforms are either unnecessary or incomplete and will not fix the core issues facing the financial services industry, according to the Boutique of Fi...
Australia should use its trading clout with China to force Chinese companies to become more socially responsible, according to the chief executive officer of Global Curre...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...