New AC Nielson research has found a marked fall in the number of Australians seeking professional investment advice over the past two years, even though client satisfacti...
Australian fund managers spend a lot of time and money wooing financial advisers with junkets, increasingly complex products and, of course, much-debated trail commission...
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Emerging markets offer investors stronger growth and less volatility than developed economies, according to a new report from van Eyk Research....
Australia’s pool of funds management assets will almost triple in 10 years, enticing more global players to move in and compete with domestic groups, the country’s intern...
The financial services industry says the Federal Government went a long way yesterday to arresting fears that any proposed anti-money laundering legislation would heap un...
The Australian funds management industry is continuing to experience good growth, but fund managers are going to have to do more to win the trust of investors, according ...
The Federal Government has sought to assure fund managers that it will play a largely hands-off role in the investment decisions of its $16 billion Future Fund, but has a...
A little known financial services group has started a petition calling for fund managers to be hit with cash penalties for failing to release clients’ superannuation with...
The Ethical Investment Association has launched a certification program for providers of SRI products and services, which it hopes will promote consistency and make it ea...
For Australia’s biggest financial planning dealer groups, managing conflicts is all about ensuring advisers have adequate choice....
Individual managed accounts (IMAs) have been touted as the next big thing in financial services for a number of years. Admittedly, nobody knows exactly how many funds und...
Fund managers will find it increasingly difficult to generate returns for their investors, and larger, more established managers are likely to be the ones struggling to p...
The Morningstar research house will drop qualitative measurements from its famed star rating of fund managers, announcing today that the ranking system would judge manage...
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...