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The rise of the robo-adviser

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
... service more clients (43%) and lower the cost of advice (41%). Australian robo-adviser Stockspot said the Investment Trends report supports its anecdotal evidence that financial planners are also positive about robo-advice. Stocksport chief executive ...

Appetite for international shares up 50% with major broker

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
... deliver strong returns," CommSec managing director Paul Rayson said. This trend is backed up by a recent Investment Trends report stating that more than 20% of Australian traders plan on increasing their exposure on international equities, a significant ...

Super fund members switching at record rates: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
... recently reported about the importance of super funds' ongoing management of online customer interfaces. The Investment Trends report said super funds have been working hard at engagement with a quarter of all fund members (23%) reporting useful innovations ...

Providers boost adviser access to managed accounts

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... doubled in the past year which could open the floodgates to wider uptake of the structure, the latest Investment Trends report said. Advisers who said their most-used platform had an SMA capability went from 10% in 2013 to 25% in 2014, the Investment ...

Planners in urgent need of better tech: research

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... for technological improvements that would assist them in running their business more efficiently, an Investment Trends report found. Planners could benefit from better technology across the board, from generating Statements of Advice (SoA) to marketing ...

netwealth to launch managed account service by Q3

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... the market with plans to hit $10 billion FUM in three years through its various businesses. The latest Investment Trends report ranked netwealth as the second best platform by overall functionality, right after CFS' FirstWrap. The research covered 454 ...

Phones and tablets take over online broking

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... largely steady, as some clients shifted their trading, but did not close their account with CommSec. The Investment Trends report is a study on Australian online share investors' attitudes and investing habits, based on a survey of 13,096 investors conducted ...

Australia outstrips US and UK in online trading

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013
... Australia's adoption of online share trading platforms is outstripping the US and UK, according to a recent Investment Trends report. More than 530,000 Australians placed at least one share trade in the 12 months to June 2013, equating to 3.2% of the ...

Managed funds survive ETF growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2013
... funds (ETF) industry does not come at the expense of traditional managed funds, a recent Beta Shares and Investment Trends report found. The research showed that 56% of the investors surveyed made incremental investments to ETFs instead of reducing their ...

Platforms press on in advice battleground

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
... off-platform, there is a very strong stabilisation in what is a growing market," he said. Durbin was referring to Investment Trends report that show 72% of new business last year was placed on platforms. While this figure is lower than pre-GFC numbers ...