More and more planners chasing consistent returns are happy to blend indexed and non-indexed product. Why? Because it all comes back to the view that out performance invo...

Property fund managers need to boost their knowledge of how financial planners think if they are to achieve good distribution of their products, a new report has found....

Self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees are matching fund managers for investment performance, according to a survey by SMSF provider Multiport....

Australian Financial Services Group has decided to add a separately managed account to the range of recommended products its advisers can offer their clients....

Expectations of reduced returns from Australian listed property compared with previous years have fuelled greater interest in global and hybrid property investment produc...

An executive at a leading Australian funds management organisation has expressed concerns about the impact the Government’s Future Fund will have on investment markets in...

Platypus has topped Mercer Investment Consulting’s list of top performing Australian share fund managers for 2005-06, rewarding investors with an impressive 43.7 per cent...

In a significant change to the structure of its operations, Tower Australia has appointed Russell Investment Group to run its multi-manager investment product business ar...

A search for additional sources of alpha is pushing fund managers to increase their exposure to emerging markets, and take higher conviction positions in fewer stocks, ac...

Australia’s property funds management industry has grown by 30 per cent, or $65 million, in funds under management since 2004, despite the number of funds available to in...

Equity Trustees EQT has boosted its responsible entity RE business by signing up Putnam and an additional two US fund managers entering the Australian market....

The new owner of Skandia, South African financial services firm Old Mutual, has identified growth as one of the major goals it hopes the platform provider’s Australian op...

Australian property fund managers will increasingly look to the US for real estate opportunities, as investment in this asset class soars, according to Fiduciary Global A...

New research conducted by Mercer Oliver Wyman in the UK has identified four distinct life stages in the 50 plus age group, which it feels financial product providers will...