Mercer has criticised the current default superannuation products on offer to Australians and has urged trustees to take a 'lifecycle' approach to default investment stra...
What are the benefits of using a commodity trading adviser (managed futures) fund in a portfolio? What is a reasonable allocation, and where should that allocation come f...
Mercer has expanded its financial advice team in Western Australia with the appointment of Michael Heffernan, the former head of advice with the Government Employees Supe...
The platform market suffered yet another fall over the last year, with net fund flows reaching their lowest levels in 10 years....
NGS Super claims its in-house financial planning model has proved effective in dealing with members' specific needs....
Retail managed funds have posted an $11.5 billion fall in funds under management (FUM) for the year ending June 2012, the latest research from Plan for Life has found....
AMP Financial Services has appointed Morningstar as its preferred partner for research consultancy services....
Lonsec has once again snatched the Money Management Research House of the Year title. However, Morningstar and Mercer are catching up....
This month, PortfolioConstruction Forum asked the research houses: Key man risk is often cited by dealer group researchers and advisers as a sufficiently significant conc...
Mercer looks to points of difference to attract high net worths....
New Mercer research confirms that advice makes people more proactive about their superannuation....
The regulator has confirmed scaled advice can be provided under best interests duties outlined in Future of Financial Advice changes....
Superannuation funds can increase member engagement by offering limited advice, says Mercer....
The majority of pension funds around the world are taking climate change into account in their manager selection process, according to a Mercer survey....
Consolidation is changing the face of the financial planning dealer group sector before our eyes, while small-to-medium players continue to struggle....
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....