According to Towers Watson, fund managers’ return expectations for US and Australian equity markets are at their lowest since 2008....
Increased regulatory scrutiny faced by research houses from 1 September this year might result in increased costs....
Both major global listed property indices returned more than 25 per cent over the year to November 2012, but most fund managers fell short of the benchmark, according to ...
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) has bolstered its senior leadership team with three new appointments....
Since the relaunch of the CARM Guided Planning System (GPS) as a free trial in October last year, there are now more than 250 financial advisers registered with the finan...
Global fund managers have expressed a positive outlook on equities in the first quarter of 2013, with 75 per cent holding an overweight view and 25 per cent holding a neu...
The flurry of regulatory change out of the US and Europe has served to challenge Australian investment managers....
As part of their value-add, financial planners are increasingly putting in the time to build direct share portfolios for their clients. Are direct investments the new coo...
Equity Trustees has signed up to specialist cross-border transaction network Calastone....
Industry commentators have tried to outline an approach by which the boutique funds industry can avoid being sidelined by the rise in self-managed super funds (SMSFs) and...
Some investors want to "dip their toes" into the investment world by comparing their asset allocation and performance with those of their peers....
Local Government Super has awarded a $90 million mandate to Hermes Fund Managers to launch its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategy....
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released an updated investor guide on unlisted property schemes, urging investors to seek financial advice...
Financial planners are ditching direct equities for managed funds, according to Zenith head of sales and marketing John Nicoll....
ASIC is seeking penalties against the unlicensed operators of more than 12 offshore managed investment funds, which were found to comprise a single unregistered managed i...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....