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Investor confidence drives advice growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
... Peker also mentioned that only 23% of advisers reported that they were ready to administer fee disclosure statements. The study is based on an online survey of 1,141 financial planners concluded in May 2013.

Study shows dark pools benefit markets at low volumes

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
Low levels of trading in dark pools actually improve market quality, according to a new study by Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre (CMCRC). The independent academic centre for capital market research's findings follow concerns from some traders ...

Twitter usage on the rise

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
... are part of the latest research to come out of US Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life project, a longitudinal study that has been going on since 2005. The study confirms that almost three-quarters of online US adults now use social media ...

Energy Super CEO named fund executive of the year

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2013
... fund executive within the Australian superannuation industry. The award includes a $20,000 education grant for Petrou to study at an internationally recognised business school. AMP Capital's Head of Institutional Business John Meagher praised Petrou ...

Super flushed 'down the drain' by illiterate investment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013

Women need 7% more super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013
Women's superannuation contribution rates would need to be 7% higher than men's in order to achieve gender equality, a study has found. Research by Michael E Drew and Anup K Basu, entitled 'The Case for Gender-Sensitive Superannuation Plan Design' ...

Fraud and cybercrime biggest non-investment risks to family offices

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
... faced by private families and the offices that serve them, according to The Family Wealth Alliance's 2012 Inaugural Security Study. For the study - which was conducted in two parts -- the US-based family office research and resource provider asked 35 ...

Generation Y busts SMSF age myth

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
... numbers of people under 30 are setting up - or plan to set up - self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs), according to a new study by Macquarie Bank and the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA). The study found that 8.1% of Australia's ...

One in five ASX200 companies ignoring social media

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
More than one in five of Australia's largest companies are failing to make use of social media, according to a study by business researcher BRR Media. While the majority of ASX200 companies increased their social media usage in the past year, BRR's ...

Brokers tip stocks ahead of public announcement

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... revealed abnormal trading volumes prior to public release of analyst recommendations on associated stocks, according to a study by independent academic researcher Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre (CMCRC). Data showed spikes in trading volume ...