RESEARCH AND RATINGS

Financial planning

It may have been more than a year since the Industry Super Network (ISN) toned down its television advertising impacting financial planners, but they continue to suffer a...

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Financial planning

Mortgage Choice spokesperson Belinda Williamson has suggested small pockets of declining interest in fixed rates may be a sign of increasing consumer confidence. ...

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Funds management

Financial planners should consider specialising in property investment to take advantage of current market forces, according to Property Investment Professionals Associat...

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Financial planning

Colonial First State has reassumed its position at the top of the Wealth Insights platform rankings. ...

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Financial planning

Clients of financial planners are questioning their advisers' technical abilities while still seeing them as trustworthy and reliable....

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Funds management

New US research points to increasing use of mobile apps by wealth management clients....

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Financial planning

Planners hold back on selling up while demand continues for acquisition ...

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Financial planning

New US research points to the financial imperative which exists for planners to better understand female clients....

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Superannuation

Superannuation fund performance has taken a slight fall during March; however ratings houses say they will still record the best results since pre-2007....

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Life/Risk

Life insurance claim payments have jumped by 10.7 per cent over the last 12 months, breaking through $4 billion in claim payments, according to new figures released by th...

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Financial planning

Roy Morgan data points to strengthening business confidence among financial services and insurance firms, but eFinancialCareers claims retrenchments are the order of the ...

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Funds management

A cautious approach to an improving yet still volatile market is causing a boom in beta-oriented and defensive investment products, according to Investment Trends....

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Superannuation

According to Mercer, if Treasury’s tax expenditure requirements continue to be used to dictate superannuation policy, the security of Australians’ retirement savings coul...

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Superannuation

A survey of mostly industry fund executives and trustees reveals reluctance to see change to super....

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Funds management

Equity research company Skaffold has surveyed 100 investors to find their preferences for equity markets performance for the next 12 months....

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