funds management industry

Funds management

FSC calls for modernisation in product development

Removing barriers for fund managers and super funds to transition to modern investment products would result in customers retiring with cumulatively $16 billion more by 2...

Funds management

Walk in the park for Legg Mason

Legg Mason Asset Management Australia returned as the Overall Fund Manager of the Year award winner last night, after winning the prize in 2015....

Features

Singing from the lower-for-longer hymn sheet

There has never been a more fitting time for planners and investors to reconsider their asset allocations to bring in the dollars, Hope William-Smith writes....

Funds management

Retirement income streams trapped between risk and returns

Retirees are trapped between low yielding cash and bonds and higher yielding equity markets that on average suffer 30 per cent drops with the funds management industry st...

Funds management

Long-term commitment required for success in Asia

Australian financial services providers must abandon their “short-term performance culture” if they are to take advantage of opportunities in Asia, Connect CEO, Paul Tyna...

Funds management

Nielson receives Lifetime Achievement Award

The founder and chief executive of Platinum Asset Management, Kerr Nielson, is the recipient of the 2014 Money Management Lifetime Achievement Award, sponsored by Count F...

Funds management

FSC urges Investment Manager Regime completion

FSC points to cross-border flows report to renew calls for Investment Manager Regime implementation....

People & Products

FSC appoints Aberdeen MD to board

Following the recent appointment of Brad Cooper, Aberdeen Asset Management Australia managing director Brett Jollie has joined the Financial Services Council (FSC) board....

Editorial

Why financial services needs another Wallis Inquiry

The outcome of the next Federal election will determine the degree to which the financial services industry will be subjected to another far-reaching review similar to th...

Editorial

What price are Australian investors paying for short-termism?

Do Australians take too short-term a view of investments? Is there a tendency for knee-jerk reactions and little consideration for the long-term? A Money Management round...

Funds management

Dealer groups and funds guilty of short-termism

Clients’ objectives being lost amid pandemic of short-termism, according to Money Management roundtable participants....

Funds management

Funds management industry gets pass mark, but more could be done

Investors give fund managers thumbs-up for costs, but look for greater disclosure at fund level. ...

Financial planning

Deserved recognition for Stephen van Eyk

Having entered the financial services industry at virtually the same time that Money Management began publishing, Stephen van Eyk is a most appropriate recipient of the M...