INVESTMENT TRENDS

Financial planning

The latest Investment Trends research suggests the days of the big banks dominating and leading the platform space have come to an end....

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Financial planning

More investors are looking to protect their assets and income from market falls and environmental, social, and governance factors are becoming a priority when selecting i...

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Financial planning

Research from Investment Trends shows more financial planners and stockbrokers are looking at gearing to invest as a strategy for their clients....

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Tech

Publicly-listed platform provider Netwealth has continued to assert its leadership – this time in terms of digital wealth applications....

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Life/Risk

Over half of financial advisers say additional caps or the end of life insurance commissions are their greatest concerns, according to a report....

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Life/Risk

Fewer financial planners consider client-related challenges to be significant when it comes to growing insurance advice, according to a report....

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Financial planning

HNW investors are increasingly looking to invest in alternative assets to generate stable and predictable yield, according to a report....

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Financial planning

New research from Investment Trends has confirmed the degree to which Australians have been turned off financial advisers by the fall-out from the Royal Commission....

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Financial planning

Financial planners move from being investment pickers towards asset allocators, according to a report by Investment Trends....

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Superannuation

Issues when seeking face-to-face financial advice is the number one unresolved problem most super fund members have when engaging with their funds, with funds’ advice off...

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Superannuation

Self-managed superannuation fund members say they want more financial advice, with 315,000 reporting they had unmet advice needs this year, up from 275,000 last year, but...

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Features

As future retirees weigh up their options on how to best distribute their post-retirement income, Chris Dastoor finds that annuities offer part of a greater option to mai...

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Financial planning

Netwealth has again emerged as the preferred platform for financial planners, but the latest Investment Trends research has also pointed to a consolidating platform marke...

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Superannuation

The accountant-planner relationship is evolving to better serve self-managed super fund trustees, according to Investment Trends....

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People & Products

Retirement specialist Milliman and platform provider Advice Intelligence have been recognised by research firm Investment Trends with its Planning Software Innovation Awa...

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