Rethinking Active Management

Great articles from Tria at:

http://www.triapartners.com/triapartners-blogs.php?article=content/Blog-Rethinking%20active%20equities%20businesses&type=NDM

http://www.triapartners.com/triapartners-blogs.php?article=content/Blog-Active%20equities:%20how%27s%20your%20marketing%20alpha?&type=NDQ=

About a number of questions concerning the future of active management in investment funds, and how products and marketing of such need to converge.

Ulitmately, I see this as being a real challenge to the concept of the unit trust as a single vehicle for investor portfolios: Not only due to structural imperfections and costs associated with their operations, but also because the drivers for them as sustainable business models are starting to come under considerable pressure.

Sustainability in Wealth Management

Interesting article about the need to find a more sustainable way of delivering wealth management value.

http://www.professionalplanner.com.au/private-banking/private-wealth-model-is-challenged/

Clearly change is coming...