INVESTMENT TRENDS

Financial planning

Investor worries about financial markets are under control while market return expectations have jumped, writes Recep Peker....

Funds management

Contracts for difference (CFD) trading remains popular among local investors, with Australia recording the second-highest adoption rate of CFDs when compared to Singapore...

Funds management

Platform flows are improving as the wall of cash breaks down....

Superannuation

While costs may still be a barrier, recent research reveals why more accountants are using platforms within SMSFs. ...

Accounting

Accountants like platforms for ease of use but remain cautious based on their underlying cost....

Financial planning

Dealer services model offers succession plans to more than 700 planners....

Financial planning

The Australian online share trading market appears to have strengthened despite a drop in the overall number of traders....

Financial planning

An Investment Trends survey conducted two months before FOFA came into effect revealed only 23 per cent of financial planners felt ready....

Funds management

Certitude’s latest survey reveals that investors appetite for global assets is increasing in line with performance expectations....

Superannuation

Research reveals a smaller proportion of super fund members intends to leave and set up a self-managed super fund....

Financial planning

Planners who specialise in SMSF advice derive almost half of their revenue from this advice ...

Financial planning

Planner satisfaction with platforms has reached the highest level recorded in 10 years, according to findings from the Investment Trends 2013 Planner Technology Report....

Life/Risk

A new partnership will see Zurich added as the third insurer to netwealth’s LifeWrap facility....

Superannuation

Australian investors believe global markets will rise over the next year and are cooling in their outlooks for the domestic stock market, according to the inaugural Certi...

Editorial

The financial services industry’s approach to post-retirement has long been regarded as stale. Critics’ voices have become ever louder and, as Janine Mace reports, the in...

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