Standard Life Investments has expanded its presence in Singapore as part of its continuing Asia Pacific strategy by hiring a chief executive....

Former Lonsec Fiscal staffer, Alfons Fiorindo, has joined Recreo Financial as the director of clients and markets....

When the news is good, it’s already too late. Value can be added by finding markets that are unloved and cheap, AMP Capital explains....

Index ETFs outperformed all managed funds, industry super funds and retail funds since 1992, according to financial writer, Gary Stone. ...

Investors could lose their money if they invest in an index fund over the next five years, according to Lazard Asset Management. ...

AMP Capital has inked a deal to buy 5.2 per cent of the largest desalination plant in the southern hemisphere. ...

Lonsec has upgraded AllianceBerstein’s managed volatility equities fund to ‘highly recommended’, while it also outperformed the index. ...

Investors were focusing on large cap stocks and were missing out on outperformance from small caps, according to the boutique fund manager....

Multinational companies had outpaced the broader market, while technology and healthcare companies were most likely to flourish, according to Capital Group....

The clear message for investors at present is that global monetary policy almost certainly has to remain highly expansionary for some time to come, Conrad Burge writes....

Lonsec has sold its broking business to FinClear with a rebrand likely down the track and said it would be business as usual for stockbroking clients....

Mike Taylor writes that the Productivity Commission’s consideration of alternative default models represents the real superannuation idealogical battleground....

Accounting and planning firms were sometimes entering into partnerships in haste without performing the required due diligence on cultural alignment. ...

A preference for near-cash products will help Hong Kong overtake Switzerland to be the world’s wealthiest by savings per capita by 2020, a report found....