INVESTMENT TRENDS

Life/Risk

A new partnership will see Zurich added as the third insurer to netwealth’s LifeWrap facility....

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Superannuation

Australian investors believe global markets will rise over the next year and are cooling in their outlooks for the domestic stock market, according to the inaugural Certi...

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Editorial

The financial services industry’s approach to post-retirement has long been regarded as stale. Critics’ voices have become ever louder and, as Janine Mace reports, the in...

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Financial planning

Lower-cost and flexible pricing models have been the most successful elements in driving planners’ satisfaction with investment platforms, according to a new report by In...

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Financial planning

Financial planning software company IRESS is continuing its market domination, with new figures showing it now holds 50 per cent of the planner market. ...

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Funds management

Much of the money currently flowing out of cash is going into managed funds and not into direct equities as previously anticipated, according to BT Financial Group....

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Financial planning

Planners will be spoilt for choice as the battle for financial planning software moves from the desktop to the cloud, with new entrant OpenWealth set to launch an online ...

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Financial planning

Australian online broking clients are the most loyal in the world, despite mid-ranking levels of satisfaction with their brokers. ...

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Financial planning

Certified Financial Planners earn around $35,000 more per year on average than planners without this designation, according to the Investment Trends FPA Professional Divi...

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Editorial

Investing in equities offshore has for the past few years been a quick way to add some negatives to a balance sheet, and even the most hardened investors found the going ...

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Funds management

Responding to the growing demand for direct equities, Australian Unity Personal Financial Services is in the process of rolling out a direct equity policy for its adviser...

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Financial planning

With investment concern levels dropping to their lowest point in over three years, new data shows both planner and investor appetite for growth assets has bounced back. ...

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Superannuation

The number of investors in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) continues to grow strongly, according to the latest BetaShares/Investment Trends ETF Report....

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Funds management

Only one tenth of new ETF investors receive financial advice, according to the BetaShares/Investment Trends ETF Report. ...

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Editorial

Many advisers feel it’s time the investment train pulled away from the platform, but what sort of ride are they in for? Benjamin Levy reports....

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