FUNDS MANAGEMENT

Funds management

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...

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Funds management

In its latest financial report, BT Investment Management has reported net outflows of $700 million to end the December quarter at $34.7 billion in total funds under manag...

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Financial planning

Responsible entities (REs) for managed funds should be subject to a two-tiered regulation process that weeds out those that do not have the skill set to assess complex pr...

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Editorial

Investors are not always comfortable with the decisions made by fund managers, especially during volatile periods. Some managers cave in to their demands, while others do...

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Funds management

Concerns investors have about managed funds, such as high costs and low returns, are unfounded, according to wealth management group JB Were....

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Editorial

The Financial Services Council's position on life insurance churn proved controversial, attracting criticism from the likes of Synchron's Don Trapnell....

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Superannuation

The use of retail fund managers by SMSFs has grown over the past three years, according to Plan For Life....

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Funds management

The flurry of regulatory change out of the US and Europe has served to challenge Australian investment managers....

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Editorial

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...

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Editorial

Financial advisers must be conscious of making their advice easy for clients to understand and knowing the difference between wants and needs, writes Mark Knight....

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Superannuation

Super Concepts' Nicholas Ali provides a breakdown of what is allowed and what's not with regards to buying property in an SMSF....

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Funds management

HLB Mann Judd Melbourne will create a new wealth management division to be headed by financial adviser Andrew Lord....

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Funds management

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...

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Editorial

Allan Gray Australia's Johan de Lange says investors should not be settling for less but demanding better returns from their fund managers....

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Editorial

van Eyk's Jonathan Ramsay gives investors some tips for determining whether a fund manager will outperform....

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