INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS

Financial planning

Merrill Lynch Investment Managers has made a play for the platform and advisory market, pitching a new fund offering quantitative investment techniques to the retail mark...

Funds management

Pengana Capital is planning to launch a new long-short absolute return hedge fund that will invest in global real estate later this financial year....

Financial planning

ING Australia will reverse the trend to move into retail with the launch of a wholesale version of its retail Tax Effective Income Trust tomorrow following the fund’s str...

Financial planning

Portfolio Partners is set to close its small-cap Emerging Shares Trust to institutional investors and use its remaining capacity for retail inflows sourced through master...

Financial planning

AMP’s Australian Financial Services (AFS) division yesterday attempted to placate institutional investors in light of recent negative market sentiment surrounding its de-...

Financial planning

Mercer Investment Consulting will now rate alternative active Australian fixed income products, choosing the option over conventional active Australian fixed income produ...

Financial planning

Equity markets still have some way to go before they reach long term positive territory. Jason Spits looks at the hurdles that lie ahead....

Financial planning

Managed accounts can deliver the benefits of managed funds without the complications, says Stephen Robertson....

Editorial

A damning new report on the hedge fund industry in Australia has found that many products do not constitute hedge funds at all. Authors of the report, MARTIN GOLD and PAU...

Funds management

Sagitta Wealth Management has introduced changes to the Sagitta Rothschild Global Return Fund in an attempt to improve its liquidity and accessibility....

Financial planning

INDEPENDENT traded policies broker Australian Policy Traders (APT) has put forward an offer to rescue investors wanting to exit AM Corporation’s troubled Diversified Trad...

Funds management

Macquarie will open its newest private equity fund to retail investors, aiming to attract up to $150 million from them, based on the success of a similar fund launched in...

Editorial

A vastly encompassing investment sector shrouded by an overhanging cloud of risk, emerging markets has experienced both peaks and sharp downturns in popularity over the y...

Financial planning

In response to demand for fixed interest products in both the domestic and global sectors, Macquarie Funds Management has rolled out two new funds to meet the market need...

People & Products

Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has joined the rush to provide hedge funds to investors with the roll out of its own product, the BGI equity market neutral fund....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

2 months 2 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

2 months 2 weeks ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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