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Investors happier with online broking: Investment Trends

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2017
... preferred platform to be either good or very good. The Investment Trends 2017 Australia First Half Online Broking Report shows Australia's online broking service providers are meeting their investor's needs across a range of measures - although no single ...

Adviser, SMSF demand driving LIC growth

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... billion during FY17. The period saw 12 LICs launch, bringing the total number to 102, MinterEllison's Capital markets report shows. The exchange-traded products (ETPs) market meanwhile delivered a 30% boost, reaching $29.2 billion in assets as a result ...

Millennial SMSFs making impact

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2017
... presenting a potentially lucrative business proposition for financial advisers. The latest CommSec SMSF Trading Trends Report shows millennials now represent the fastest growing segment within all active investors, with 50% of all new investors in the ...

Responsible AUM strengthens

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
... "While recent conversations dominating this sector have been predominately focused on fossil fuel divestment, the report shows an increase in negative screening across the market, particularly against weapons, tobacco, gambling, as well as significant ...

Good jobs, sluggish pay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
... less than half May's 38,000 addition which, at face value, is seemingly a negative. But a closer scrutiny of the report shows that June marked the ninth straight month of positive jobs growth in the country (after contracting by 17,300 in August and ...

Fintechs pose disintermediation threat: CFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
The latest CFA Institute report shows fintechs specialising in blockchain, robo-advice, mobile payments and peer-to-peer lending have the highest potential to disintermediate the financial services industry. CFA Society Sydney president Anthony Serhan ...

Australian property love affair cannot please everyone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... month of sequential year-on-year slowing, the details aren't likely to please the RBA and APRA. This is because the report shows that the small pick-up is largely due to the acceleration in credit to housing - up 6.6% in the year to May (from 6.5% in ...

US labour market covfefe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2017
... a 185,000 gain. There was good news in the unemployment rate though, it dipped to 4.3% from 4.4% in April but the report shows that this is a function of the participation ate falling to 62.7% in May from 62.9 in the previous month. The weakness of the ...

Australians failing to act on increased retirement cost

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
... their retirement funding, placing them in the bottom three globally and just ahead of France and Canada. The HSBC report shows only 25% of working age Australians are using free, online resources. "Planning your own finances is complex and can feel overwhelming. ...

Life insurance market flat: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
... three years despite the significant amount of marketing effort and money spent on rejuvenating the industry, a new report shows. Product innovation and intensive marketing activities by insurance providers have done little to stimulate demand in the ...