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As Sydney and Melbourne comes out of lockdown, here are some reopening trades in the Australian credit market which investors should consider as part of their fixed incom...

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Financial planning

Loyalty from advised clients has increased in 2021 with 75% intending to continue their existing adviser relationship, up from 62%, according to Investment Trends....

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Financial planning

Online security trading is on the rise thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic and 10% of traders say they intend on investing in digital currencies over the next 12 months, acco...

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Financial planning

More trustees are willing to seek professional advice than before the COVID-19 pandemic, but that has not resulted in physical uptake, according to research from Investme...

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Financial planning

The most burdensome compliance-related task for advisers are file noting and data collection at the fact-find stage, according to a report. ...

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Financial planning

Adviser-facing support services should be a focus area for platform improvement, according to Investment Trends. ...

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Funds management

The number of advisers who use exchange traded funds has more than doubled over the last decade, according to BetaShares and Investment Trends. ...

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Funds management

New research from Investment Trends has revealed that higher fees and the possibility of lower returns are not significant barriers to ESG investment....

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Financial planning

Iress Xplan remains dominant despite recent acquisitions which have seen more overseas players enter the advice software market....

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Financial planning

More high net worth investors say they would value the opinions of financial advisers but few of them have yet taken advice....

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Funds management

Up to 12,000 financial planners in Australia are currently using or intend to use managed accounts, according to the joint report from State Street Global Advisors and In...

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People & Products

Dr Irene Guiamatsia will replace Recep Peker who will continue to support clients in an advisory capacity....

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Financial planning

The Government is talking about it, the regulator is talking about it and now digital advice player Six Park has released a white paper emphasising the need for an expand...

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Financial planning

As platform migrations and consolidation occur, new data is pointing to a still small but growing number of advisers choosing to use industry funds. ...

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Features

A Royal Commission, pandemic and regulatory change have distracted advisers from robo-advice in recent years but Jassmyn Goh finds out if the technology is now finally go...

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