INVESTMENT TRENDS

Funds management

Retail online investor numbers climbed to a record high in 2017, with improving market sentiment seeing 645,000 Australian place at least one share in 2017, according to ...

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Funds management

Financial planners should use an opportunity to get more involved in the exchange traded funds market, according to a joint report by BetaShares and Investment Trends....

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Financial planning

New research from Investment Trends has confirmed high demand for planners as people prepare for retirement....

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Financial planning

Although self-managed superannuation funds have decreased their use of financial planners over the last decade, data from Investment Trends suggests that there is growing...

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Financial planning

High fee product manufacturers are going to have to prove their value proposition, according to the latest research from Investment Trends....

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Funds management

New research has pointed to the degree to which market uncertainty has created a gold opportunity for fund managers to go direct to investors....

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Financial planning

Investment Trends’ latest research shows that consumers increasingly want financial planners to help them achieve their lifestyle, rather than just financial, goals....

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Financial planning

A new report from Investment Trends has shown that financial planners are losing active clients in greater numbers than they are attaining them....

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Financial planning

New Investment Trends research has revealed that demand for good financial advice has never been higher but planners are struggling to retain clients in an environment wh...

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Financial planning

Most planners did not understand smart beta meaning there was an opportunity for education around the investment vehicle, according to Investment Trends....

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Superannuation

The number of SMSF trustees with unmet financial advice needs continues to grow in 2017, according to Vanguard/Investment Trends SMSF Reports....

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Financial planning

The latest Investment Trends research has revealed that most planners are ready to switch platforms in pursuit of better service and features....

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Features

It is time for planners to bring aged care advice into sharper focus and initiate conversations with their clients around cost, structures, and implications for other are...

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Features

While the demand and need for financial advice is growing, advisers still feel that there are barriers to client acquisition and that the advice environment is challengin...

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Financial planning

Compliance automation was disrupting the comprehensive advice model and was replacing it with single piece advice as clients demanded more efficiency and innovation....

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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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