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...

Ethical investing is a great way for financial planners to sign up younger clients, co-chair of the Ethical Investment Association Janice Carpenter says....

The investment watchdog will not stand in the way of any financial planning group or master trust operator who charges fund managers a fee to appear on their recommended ...

Norwich Union’s Navigator master trust has taken out the top honour in the premier service level awards for retail financial services....

It is a phrase that will no doubt end up lost in the cluttered, oversized pile of clichés – that Australian investors are Internet savvy. However, regardless of its clich...

Four years is a long time in the rapidly changing retail financial services business. But while developments have come thick and fast in my four years at Money Management...

The way investors and advisers buy and redeem units in managed funds could be turned on its head with the advent of listed managed funds. Stuart Engel takes a look at the...

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....