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Managed accounts grow, but education remains low

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2019
... educational deficiencies. Global asset manager State Street Global Advisors released research in conjunction with Investment Trends that reveals almost double the amount of financial advisers are recommending the use of managed accounts than five years ...

More advisers using ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
... financial advisers using ETFs for their clients has increased last year, according to the latest BetaShares Investment Trends ETF report. About 47% of advisers used ETFs in 2017, the report shows. This number has since grown to 53%. A further 16% of ...

Smaller platforms continue to excel

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2019
... players at the top in terms of functionality. However, the difference at the top seems to be shrinking, with Investment Trends noting the gap between first and second had been narrowed. Meanwhile, BT Panorama - debuting in the report - grabbed third ...

Digital engagement boosts investing demand

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
... social media platforms and a new generation of brokers to meet online investing demand, a new survey shows. Investment Trends' latest Online Broking Report found investors are turning to blogs and online forums to deepen their financial literacy and ...

Financial concerns drive women to online investing

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
... the number of women investing online has almost doubled in the last five years. On International Women's Day, Investment Trends research that shows about 150,000 women are using online investment tools to build their wealth and move towards financial ...

Financial advisers evolving as wealth managers: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
... planners are increasingly repositioning themselves as asset allocators instead of stock pickers, according to Investment Trends. The research firm's survey of nearly 1000 financial planners and stockbrokers found about one in four (25%) call themselves ...

New managed portfolio education hub launched

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2019
... the most appropriate product solutions for their clients," Alcock said. The move by HUB24 comes on the back of Investment Trends' 2018 Managed Accounts Report which revealed a strong demand for more information on managed accounts. Of the advisers surveyed ...

Retail investors see limited upside in 2019

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
... the monthly Investor Intentions Index forecast the Aussie share market will grow 0.3% in the next 12 months. Investment Trends research director Recep Peker said the December quarter of 2018 was the most bearish quarter since the GFC, with the average ...

Responsible investing rises on advice agenda

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
... advise on responsible investing has almost doubled in the past two years, the latest industry survey reveals. The Investment Trends 2018 Adviser Product and Marketing Needs Report, which surveyed 766 Australian financial planners, found 34% now provide ...

$300k makes advice worthwhile: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
... difficult in the short term thanks to financial services Royal Commission. This is further dampened by latest Investment Trends research, which shows consumer trust in financial planning is at an all-time low. In the last 12 months, trust in financial ...