SSGA’s SPDR said for 2017, investors should seek income opportunities, invest in real assets and use gold and smart beta to mitigate volatility headwinds. ...
Unprecedented fee pressure and slow growth would force asset managers to cut costs and transform their business strategies, according to Casey Quirk....
Pengana has grown its FUM to $2 billion in three years, on the back of strong demand for active benchmark-unaware strategies....
Low cost passive FUM has grown by 271 per cent, but IOOF has warned advisers to look beyond costs to achieve clients’ objectives. ...
ETMFs were growing 350 per cent faster than mFunds and the industry would double over the next 18 months but active managers should develop more ETMFs....
Value stocks will be favoured, following the underperformance of ‘expensive defensives’, according to Perennial Value. ...
Jamieson Coote Bonds’ active Australian bond strategy has been added to Macquarie Wrap, following a ‘recommended’ rating of its wholesale fund. ...
Concentrated international share funds had outperformed their diversified counterparts over the last 12 months, according to research from ratings agency, Zenith. ...
An eight-year study has shown that female fund managers have continued to be underrepresented across the globe....
Stockspot has chosen Class Portfolio to deliver investment and a tax reporting solution to its clients, as well as advisers in the Stockspot Partner Program....
AllianceBernstein (AB) has welcomed the addition of its managed volatility equities fund to Lonsec’s core model portfolios....
CFSGAM has recruited a former Origin Energy executive to its unlisted infrastructure asset management team....
VIDEO: Advisers and investors are increasingly building portfolios just out of ETFs. Here is head of iShares Australia with more. ...
In the low return world, fund managers needed to move toward waiving management fees and only charging out performance fees, according to Harvest Lane Asset Management. ...
Victoria’s minister for small business has endorsed IIG, stating that its fund would strengthen Australia’s economy....
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....