The Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) intends to proceed with a plan to develop a transactional processing service for unlisted managed funds....
Fund managers in New Zealand are being criticised for their decision to close many of their funds following the terrorist attacks in the United States earlier this month....
A number of well known financial planning figures from the local industry are stranded in the US after the Financial Planning Association in America cancelled its annual ...
AMP and Macquarie have suspended business within certain unit trusts amid warnings from the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) to investors that a numbe...
Star ratings and other qualitative ratings are playing an increasingly powerful role in the funds management industry. Rob Keavney asks who is researching the researchers...
The retail financial services industry has the opportunity to implement technology which will make it the envy of the financial services world. But, Tom Collins reckons t...
Norwich Union's Navigator master trust has taken out the top honour and bagged five out of eight of the premier service level awards for retail financial services....
The biggest printer of prospectuses for fund managers, Blue Star, is now in Australian hands, following a management buy-out by its Australian and New Zealand executive t...
China is emerging as one of the biggest opportunities for fund managers looking to spread beyond their own geographical boundaries. ...
Fund managers should take a bigger role in social issues facing Australia, according to Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) chief executive Lynn Ralph....
Fund managers worried that consumer pressure will force a squeeze on margins can breath a sigh of relief over a survey commissioned by the Investment and Financial Servic...
Andrew Mohl has added his voice to the chorus of fund managers calling on the government to allow equity and property investments to form part of lifetime annuity product...
BT Funds Management has begun a concerted campaign to win-back adviser confidence in its investment skills, says chief investment officer Gary Symons....
The growth of investing globally is being accompanied by an increase in information, much of it overwhelming, which is the result of more stringent disclosure. According ...
Despite the best efforts to create an international investment hub in Australia, the local industry is still tied to what happens in the traditional markets of Europe and...
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...