HEDGE FUNDS

Financial planning

Mercer Global Investments added three diversified and four sector funds to its investment products range, taking a more aggressive approach to achieving returns whilst re...

Financial planning

Australia is one of the top ten countries for creating high-net-worth individuals, with 134,000 of us now having investable assets of more than US$1 million excluding hom...

Financial planning

Swiss-based asset manager Julius Baer Investments is taking its first steps into the Australian market with the launch of a absolute return bond fund for local investors....

Funds management

Emerging market bond funds have enjoyed record inflows so far this year and most classes of emerging market equity funds have also seen big inflows, according to Emerging...

Financial planning

If volatility is the market neutral fund’s friend, then the smooth upward trajectory of most equity indices during 2004 presented a hostile environment....

Financial planning

Perennial Investment Partners is the winner of the Australian fixed interest category of the Money Management Fund Manager of the Year Awards. This category has been incl...

Funds management

In conjunction with Money Management, Assirt has created an assessment methodology for the Fund Manager of the Year awards that aims to recognise not only managers who ha...

Financial planning

Goldman Sachs JBWere Asset Management is launching a new global equities managed fund in Australia, Global Flex Funds....

Financial planning

Investors in international funds are still in for a bumpy ride, even though some opportunities exist in emerging markets, the head of the giant Principal Global Asset Man...

Funds management

Credit Suisse Asset Management has launched its first two hedge funds for Australia's platform market, including versions which take advantage of the recent exemption fr...

Financial planning

BT Financial Group’s no-frills wrap, Wrap Essentials, has undergone one of its largest menu expansions since its inception, adding 14 new funds to its list of investment ...

Financial planning

Australian investment managers are predicting a jump in demand for alternative investments in 2005 as investors go in search of opportunities in a slowing equities market...

Financial planning

Baby boomers have always known how to go with the flow. And now their unique history, needs and desires are shaping how they approach retirement. Liam Egan reports....

Editorial

Retail investors are diving into option trading, writes Dominic McCormick. But will they be out of their depth when markets take a plunge?...

Editorial

A year is a long time in funds management – and even some of our investment experts were surprised by the way markets, asset classes and investment vehicles gained or wan...

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increased professionalism within the industry - shouldn't that say, FAR register almost halving in the last 24 months he...

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Insignia Financial has made four appointments, including three who have joined from TAL, to lead strategy and innovation in its retirement solutions for the MLC brand....

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A former Brisbane financial adviser has been charged with 26 counts of dishonest conduct regarding a failure to disclose he would receive substantial commission payments ...

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Pinnacle Investment Management has announced it will acquire strategic interests in two international fund managers for $142 million....

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