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Financial planning

Macquarie Funds Group has announced it will remove the performance fee and change the benchmark of the Macquarie International Infrastructure Securities Fund (MIISF) in t...

Financial planning

Mathews Capital Partners has refuted suggestions that concentrated positions in its Velocity Fund lead to negative risk, saying a thorough research process has led to the...

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Financial planning

Investment managers say it's anyone's guess when consumer and investor sentiment will shift away from conservatism, writes Caroline Munro....

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Financial planning

Australia did not experience the dramatic downturn experienced by other markets during the global financial crisis, but neither has it enjoyed the massive upswings. This ...

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Editorial

Mark Hoven outlines the key points of difference in the various approaches to fund ratings and examines the need for improved adviser knowledge of these methodologies....

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Financial planning

MLC Investment Management has separated the domestic equities strategies for its Horizon series and MLC Australian Share Fund, terminating its mandates to Lazard Asset Ma...

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Financial planning

Fund managers see opportunities in specific retail share investments as Queenslanders refurbish in wake of floods....

People & Products

AMP Capital Investors has added two new members to its multi-manager team, recruiting James Murray as portfolio manager and Manfred Wong as research analyst....

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Financial planning

As emerging markets continue to be hailed as the way forward for investors, Nick Price considers the pros and cons of the sector....

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Financial planning

UBS Global Asset Management has expanded its Australian Fixed Income team with the senior appointments of James Blair to capability manager and Jeffrey Grow as portfolio ...

Funds management

New Russell Investments research finds Australian investment managers are more positive about domestic and international equities over the next 12 months....

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Financial planning

S&P has reinstated its three star rating of the GSAM Income Plus Wholesale Fund, having placed the fund ‘on hold’ following the resignation of the fund&#8...

Financial planning

Several BTIM funds will hold their Standard & Poor’s ratings despite a reshuffle among the portfolio managers, S&P has announced....

Financial planning

Increasing demand for income-seeking strategies has led Russell Investments to launch two income-based multi-manager funds....

Financial planning

Fidelity International’s China Fund has received an A rating from van Eyk as part of its first specialised review of the Chinese equity market....

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This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...

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Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

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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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