The scrutiny of investment research business models continues, this time with Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Fund Services managing director Mark Hoven putting the...
Not all research houses are created equal, and even within the leading research houses there are areas of strength and weaknesses that must be accounted for....
Advisers have been warned against making simplistic comparisons between fund ratings from different research houses in the Australian market....
The chief executive of van Eyk Research, Mark Thomas, has explained the remuneration relationships between some of his research houses’ key dealer group clients and...
Criticisms by van Eyk Research chief Mark Thomas of the levels of scrutiny being applied by research houses have sparked a strong response from rival research houses, wri...
The chief executive of van Eyk Research, Mark Thomas, has fired a broadside at the Australian investment research industry, criticising his peers for failing to apply hig...
Fund managers and research houses have come under fire for relying too heavily on benchmarks when constructing portfolios....
The take up of exchange traded funds (ETFs) is still low in the adviser community, despite their increasing use by direct and self-managed super fund investors....
Today is the last chance financial planners have to voice their opinion in the Money Management Rate the Raters survey....
Despite pay-for-ratings models coming under increasing scrutiny, the major research houses cannot survive on research subscriptions alone. Lucinda Beaman reports....
The results of the annual Money Management Rate the Raters survey have shown research houses are still in favour. However, there is still room for improvement. Angela Fah...
Australia’s major retail funds management ratings houses need to improve their turnaround times, according to the findings of Money Management’s 2010 Rate the Raters surv...
The managing director of Professional Investment Services (PIS) has questioned the role and value of investment research in light of recent failures in the agribusiness m...
A boutique structured products provider, Alpha Structured Investments, has raised concerns about what it considers to be over-engineered structured products offered by th...
Dominic McCormick explains the reasoning behind Select Asset Management's decision to raise concerns regarding Trio Capital/Astarra....
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....