How managed accounts are becoming the engine for advice firm growthBY ANDREW YAP | MONDAY, 29 SEP 2025 2:39PM While the time savings that free advisers from the grind of administration, rebalancing, and reporting are important, this focus sells the true potential of managed accounts short.
 Fund managers need to pay more attentionThere's a very important cohort of investors who are, for now, relatively silent in the managed accounts debate. No need for recessionI asked a financial adviser a few weeks ago what compels him to use managed accounts, given it's not the most popular choice among his peers.  Smart beta taking it to the active doorstepAn interesting email crossed my desk the other day. It was from VanEck, one of the up-and-coming manufacturers of exchange-traded funds in the Australian ... "I know he's a good general, but is he lucky?"Napoleon Bonaparte might well have been discussing investment managers. It's an old truism that funds management performance is a mix of luck and skill ... Understanding fees key to good portfolio managementWith enhanced disclosures required under RG 97 the level of fees being charged to investors in managed investment vehicles becomes more important than ... From red tape to regtechSomething interesting is bubbling along in the world of regulation. Two weeks ago, ASIC announced it will host a 'hackathon' later this year to find tech ... Hitting the markTen years from now, every financial adviser in the country will be offering their client a managed account solution. It may happen sooner or later but ... Like rocket fuel to a SpaceshipWhen a superannuation fund calls itself a Spaceship and nobody bats an eyelid, you know you're entering a new era in retirement investing. Cultural alignment is keyNational advice firm Fitzpatricks Private Wealth offers a great case study on what happens when an adviser network is built based on cultural alignment. When the disruptors are getting disrupted2017 is going to be another year for the disruptors, including managed accounts providers - but their challengers, too, are not too far behind. |
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