INVESTMENT TRENDS

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...

Financial planning

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

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...

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....

Financial planning

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

Financial planning

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

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...

Funds management

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

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. ...

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...

Financial planning

Despite financial planners saying for years that they were planning to increase their provision of aged care advice, they are still struggling to do so, according to Inve...

Financial planning

Self-managed superannuation fund advice offers a huge opportunity for financial planners, with half of all SMSFs reporting unmet advice needs, according to Investment Tre...

Financial planning

New data confirms that the loss of grandfathered commissions hardly compares with the impact of planners losing life/risk commissions....

Financial planning

The proportion of advisers recommending managed accounts, or intending to, has jumped from 46 per cent to 64 per cent over the last year, according to the latest research...

Financial planning

Robo-advice is growing in recognition in Australia, with older Australians providing a key opportunity for robo-advice providers, according to Investment Trends....

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