INDUSTRY reporting standards fall short in providing fair comparisons in the area of superannuation funds, according to Chant West Financial Services director, Warren Cha...
Sagitta Wealth Management has formed an international alliance with a property securities manager, the first such alliance under the group’s new structure since Rothschil...
The increasing attention on hedge funds marks the growing popularity of this alternative investment class and, as NICOLE SZOLLOS writes, recent data suggests continuing g...
As hedge funds become ever more popular, a dazzling array of options are becoming available. LACHLAN GILBERT takes a look at these options and how they operate in the mar...
HEDGE funds have been on a bit of a crusade lately, grabbing headlines and attracting investors who are seeking returns in an environment where they are not exactly easy ...
The rise of boutique fund managers has been propelled by their ability to deliver at a time when institutional fund managers are finding it tough. MARK KNIGHT reports on ...
One of the stumbling blocks for the industry in establishing a risk master trust has always been how to get the insurance groups on side. ALLAN BETTS gives an insurance p...
Alternative investment group Absolute Capital plans to list three alternative investment products on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) that target the Australian and Ne...
SPECIALIST fund-of-hedge-fund manager Investor Select Advisors is looking to team up with an Australian funds management group in an attempt to grab a foothold in Austral...
Perpetual Investments is preparing to shut off its wholesale small companies fund in order to protect the performance of the half-billion dollar investment vehicle....
Alternative investments have become increasingly attractive to retail investors as knowledge and awareness of the sector gains pace. While infrastructure funds have been ...
Alternative investments challenge the very core of investment theory because they open up the debate between relative and absolute returns. As FIONA MOORE reports, it is ...
While SRIs have been an attractive option for many investors, the honeymoon may well be over. KATE KACHOR reports on what effect the current insurance crisis and the publ...
In an industry that has adopted ‘diversity’ as its mantra, KATE KACHOR found it wasn’t hard to find differing opinions when asking industry experts to pick sides in the r...
The success of Australia’s Listed Property Trust (LPT) sector is driving the products, and those who invest in them, increasingly offshore. GEORGE LIONDIS reports....
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....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...