INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS

Funds management

Equity research company Skaffold has surveyed 100 investors to find their preferences for equity markets performance for the next 12 months....

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Funds management

New data from Towers Watson has found that its clients have increased their allocation to hedge fund and private market strategies by 70 per cent since 2010, finishing th...

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Financial planning

New research has found that small shareholders have been dumping ASX300 holdings since before the GFC....

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Superannuation

Having seen a record-breaking year for inflows in 2012, the global Exchange Traded Products (ETP) market is attracting increased investment from institutional, profession...

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Financial planning

Retail investors appeared to be more concerned about the US fiscal cliff than their counterparts in the institutional space, according to the latest analysis from special...

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Financial planning

BNP Paribas Securities Services has launched an administration service for alternative assets which it says is aimed at helping institutional investors manage their priva...

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Financial planning

Global investor sentiment was flat in November, with record low levels of confidence in the US offset by a boost in Europe, according to the latest State Street Investor ...

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Financial planning

New State Street research points to Governments spooking investors who then fail to act in their own best interests....

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People & Products

William Blair & Company has appointed Alex Francois as head of Australia and New Zealand institutional distribution based in Sydney....

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Funds management

Fund managers have been accused of neglecting the needs of retail clients and catering to the institutional market....

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Financial planning

Global investor confidence has fallen in September as the risk appetite of North American and Asian investors diminishes, according to the State Street Investor Confidenc...

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Funds management

Although investors may be unfamiliar with managed futures, a lack of directional bias can offer protection on the downside, says Aspect Capital chief executive Anthony To...

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Superannuation

SMSFs are ahead of their institutional counterparts when it comes to allocating to non-traditional emerging markets, according to East Capital....

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Funds management

Institutional investors across Europe and Asia are seeking regular investment income rather than capital appreciation, a new report by Fidelity Worldwide Investment has r...

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Editorial

The fundamentals are good, the performance is there, and the sector has turned over a new leaf, but investors are still gun-shy. Will falling interest rates finally make ...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

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

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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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