St George will offer investments in emerging fund managers after rolling out Ascalon Capital Managers, a venture capital vehicle pitched at institutions and high net wort...
Listed financial services group Challenger International has joined the growing list of fund managers to enter the hedge fund marketplace, launching a long / short Austra...
While the Supreme Court case between Morningstar Inc and Graham Rich could be seen as the pinnacle in the whole eventful saga, the truth of the matter is much is still ye...
Morningstar research has today acted to deny speculation that it is set to abandon the publication of qualitative research in the wake of the departure of its Australian ...
SuperEC, the e-commerce initiative to establish a common set of standards for the electronic processing of superannuation related information across fund managers and sup...
BT Margin Lending has launched a regular gearing service into its retail managed funds, making it easier for clients and advisers to access margin loans....
More Australians than ever before are taking control of investing their own super, leading to a rapid rise in the number of self-managed superannuation funds....
Let’s be perfectly honest here. This month is want to talk simply about largesse, palm greasing, freebies and other things that are likely to get a business development m...
Fund managers in New Zealand are busily sniffing around financial planning firms looking to buy distribution for their products with AXA leading the moves, openly walking...
A dearth in the willingness of fund managers to engage in fee based competition has placed a dampener on efforts to reduce investment fees over the last six months, accor...
Merrill Lynch Investment Management (MLIM) are on track to be the next managers to offer a hedge fund product, with the Merrill Lynch Strategic Absolute Return Fund due l...
I set off on my recent trip to the UK smug in the belief that I’d be able to teach the Poms a thing or two, as our industry, as we keep telling each other, is so far ahe...
Australia’s pooled fund managers had more than $4 billion wiped off their bottom line in the first quarter of this financial year as the September 11 tragedy in the US pl...
The Australian managed fund industry is bracing itself for the repercussions of the terrorist attacks in the US as investors respond to the crisis by looking for safe hav...
Fund Managers are caught in relationship crossfire. The demand for greater performance and transparency is gathering momentum. Consumers and key players in the food chain...
So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...
This is why I left my last position. There was no interest in giving the client quality time, it was all about bumping ...
So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...