INVESTMENT TRENDS

Financial planning

New research has pointed to financial planners seeing themselves as being more comfortable as asset allocators rather than stock-pickers and leaning towards goals-based a...

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Financial planning

Australians have shown a strong interest in using leverage to invest, according to a study from Investment Trends....

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Superannuation

The SMSF Association is selling the message that you don’t need $1 million to set up a self-managed superannuation fund but regulatory uncertainty does represent a major ...

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Financial planning

The latest research from Investment Trends reveals trust in financial planners has plumbed new lows following the Royal Commission....

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Financial planning

Australian investors’ share market return expectations have turned negative for the first time since the global financial crisis, according to Investment Trends....

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Features

Anastasia Santoreneos writes that while FASEA and the Royal Commission have got advisers down in the short term, they are feeling positive about the future of the industr...

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Financial planning

Advisers are snubbing their service providers in pursuit of a self-licensed or boutique model, data from Investment Trends shows. ...

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Features

Anastasia Santoreneos investigates how much income is really needed for retirement and what strategies can be used before and after retirement to ensure income is sustain...

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Financial planning

Planners’ uptake on providing advice on insurance is low, leading to adverse impacts on practice revenue derived from risk advice, Investment Trends has found....

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Financial planning

Going forward, financial planners must move to a model of radical transparency in order to retain clients and remain relevant....

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Financial planning

Financial planners are lagging in meeting client needs as far as technology goes, according to Investment Trends’ research director, Recep Peker. ...

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Funds management

The number of online investors in equities and ETFs has soared over the last year, with mobile platform functionality being a key driver behind investors’ platform choice...

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Funds management

HUB24 has recorded net inflows for FY18 of $2.4b, up 24.1 per cent on the previous corresponding period....

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People & Products

BT’s flagship platform, BT Panorama, is the highest-rated platform among financial advisers for its mobile access and app, according to Investment Trends. ...

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Financial planning

New research has suggested that planners badly want better tools and that platforms and planning software providers should be collaborating to deliver the appropriate out...

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