INVESTMENT TRENDS

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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Financial planning

New research confirms that Australians want good advice as they become increasingly uncertain about their retirement....

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Financial planning

Meeting planner needs has become an even more intense focus for the highly competitive platform providers, according to Investment Trends....

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Features

Accountants remain the most trusted advisers for SMSF clients but with licensing take-up remaining low following the accountants' exemption, what will this mean for SMSF ...

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Financial planning

The margin lending industry, which contracted slightly in 2016, is expected to face more headwinds, according to Investment Trends....

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Financial planning

Robo-advice is on the rise but the latest research from Investment Trends suggests it will be mostly positive for financial advisers....

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Features

Mike Taylor writes that platforms are rapidly evolving to meet both planner needs and Australia’s rapidly changing demographics — something which has given rise to the av...

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Life/Risk

New Investment Trends research has confirmed the Life Insurance Framework has already hit the bottom lines of risk advice practices....

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Superannuation

The overall number of SMSF trustees with unmet advice needs reached the highest level observed, according to Vanguard and Investment Trends....

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Financial planning

Retail participation in the contracts for difference market had decreased by 14 per cent despite volatility, demonstrating the need for education from providers....

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Financial planning

New research from Investment Trends reveals planners are more willing than ever to switch both platforms and planning software in the pursuit of better outcomes....

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Accounting

Less than half of all accountants who intend on operating under a full or limited AFSL have met the licencing requirement to provide SMSF advice, despite the looming dead...

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Financial planning

Too many Australians are choosing not to use advisers when making and activating financial decisions, and robo-advice could prove to be an effective bridge, according to ...

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Financial planning

Fewer SMSFs are using financial planners, but trustees want advice, while accountants and planners want software to boost their relationship, according to Investment Tren...

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Features

Video advice takes off, older Australians take up phone-based advice, and more people want comprehensive advice instead of scaled, Jessica Amir finds. ...

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