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...
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...
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...
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...
Concerns investors have about managed funds, such as high costs and low returns, are unfounded, according to wealth management group JB Were....
The Financial Services Council's position on life insurance churn proved controversial, attracting criticism from the likes of Synchron's Don Trapnell....
The use of retail fund managers by SMSFs has grown over the past three years, according to Plan For Life....
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...
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....
Super Concepts' Nicholas Ali provides a breakdown of what is allowed and what's not with regards to buying property in an SMSF....
HLB Mann Judd Melbourne will create a new wealth management division to be headed by financial adviser Andrew Lord....
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...
Allan Gray Australia's Johan de Lange says investors should not be settling for less but demanding better returns from their fund managers....
van Eyk's Jonathan Ramsay gives investors some tips for determining whether a fund manager will outperform....
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...