INVESTMENT TRENDS

Financial planning

The technology surrounding simple advice has been the focus of both financial planners and software developers in the last 12 to 18 months, according to Investment Trends...

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Superannuation

Investors are turning to their superannuation funds for help and direction as a third successive year of volatility and poor returns hits their livelihoods, with retirees...

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Superannuation

Investors are turning to their superannuation funds for help and direction as a third successive year of volatility and poor returns hits their livelihoods, with retirees...

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Financial planning

CommSec dominates the online trading market as recent volatility fails to dampen demand....

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Financial planning

The availability of superannuation-based versions of separately managed accounts (SMAs) will drive continued adviser interest in the SMA market, according to BlackRock....

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Financial planning

ASIC has released a regulatory guide for contracts for difference (CFD) issuers in order to provide greater disclosure to investors....

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Financial planning

Industry platform providers have come out swinging against a recent Investment Trends report suggesting they are not delivering on their direct share platform offerings....

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Financial planning

As managed fund inflows struggle to return to pre-GFC levels, share trading and direct investments became increasingly popular with retail investors over the past couple ...

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Financial planning

Some of the industry's largest dealer group leaders have attempted to map an approach to pricing scoped advice, but key cost differences have emerged between the groups....

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Financial planning

Ratings house van Eyk points to knowledge as the key ingredient for the successful use of SMAs....

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Financial planning

Separately managed accounts (SMAs) play a greater role with planners who recommend them, but the adoption rate appears very slow, according to the new report by Investmen...

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Financial planning

Financial planners have indicated platform providers are not delivering well enough on their direct share offerings, with planner satisfaction remaining flat in 2011 acco...

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Superannuation

An increase in SMSF gearing enquiries has prompted Multiport to launch a new product....

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Superannuation

The number of investors allocating towards exchange-traded funds will increase 35 to 50 per cent in the next two years in the wake of the current proliferation of product...

Funds management

There will be a surge in the number of investors embracing exchange-traded funds in the next two years, since they are increasingly being taken up by financial advisers....

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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