Poor returns in the materials and financial sectors have caused the Australian sharemarket to register an overall negative return on a month by month basis for the first ...
The annual Rate the Raters Survey conducted by Money Management gives fund managers an chance to turn the tables and rank those organisations whose business it is to anal...
The Rating the Raters survey 2005 was conducted using an online questionnaire and took place during February 2005. Participants were asked questions on areas such as rese...
Research methodologies and processes are the ultimate means by which one research house can differentiate itself from its competitors....
Ignoring their own rhetoric, balanced fund managers appear to relying on short-term results, writes LEEANNE BLAND....
Research groups generate an income from the fees charged to clients – either fund managers opting for a review, or subscription payments from advisers wishing to get regu...
For those looking for the big bucks, funds management is still the sector for lucrative packages. In particular, investment specialists continue to be well-remunerated, w...
It is a cruel irony that last year’s outperformance of the Australian equities sector should give few clues to fund manager performance during 2004 and the 12 months ahea...
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Local fund managers are sure to cash in on a decision today by US-based research giant Morningstar to include Australian funds on its global research platform, the head o...
The secretary of the ACTU, Greg Combet has expressed concern that superannuation funds are too often being placed under pressure to achieve good short-term returns at the...
The evolution of financial planning systems has taken various forms, as the complexity of advisers’ business practices grows. Traditionally, there has been the front-end ...
Sales for agribusiness schemes have broken through the $1 billion barrier for the 2005 financial year with eucalypts contributing most, research house Adviser Edge has re...
Picking a fund manager that will consistently outperform over the long-term is like finding the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. And while advisers have greater acc...
Creating a point of difference from other dealer groups is the reason for the jump in adviser numbers at Australian Financial Services, says chief executive officer Peter...
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...