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SMSF cash balances not ballooning: BGL

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
... all SMSFs, I think our figures are reasonably representative," he said. Last week, a report by Vanguard and Investment Trends found the amount of cash held by SMSFs declined for the first time since 2009, coming down to $174 billion in 2018 from $184 ...

SMSFs missing out on returns

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
... right now? Australia had 593,000 SMSFs as of December 2017 - a 2% gain over the previous year. Vanguard and Investment Trends interviewed 1096 SMSFs, in a report released yesterday with respondents self-reporting that they had 36% in direct shares, 23% ...

FirstChoice adds natural resources strategy

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
... of the fund; a factor it says allows its team to respond quickly to the identification of profitable resource investment trends and pricing inefficiencies. Janus Henderson's Australian head of distribution Matt Gaden said the fund had the potential to ...

Advisers struggling with SMSF diversification

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
... self-managed superannuation funds to be well diversified. The 2018 SMSF Insights Paper - a collaboration between Investment Trends, BT Financial Group and the SMSF Association - shows that despite 97% of financial advisers agreeing diversification is ...

Managed accounts aid adviser time management

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
... are saving an average of 12.4 hours per week on portfolio management tasks, according to research from NAB and Investment Trends. The report shows using a managed account structure shaves the most time off investment administration work, saving 105 minutes ...

QIC expands executive team, bolsters US footprint

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... fostering client relationships and business development opportunities in the US, and to provide insights on investment trends to inform corporate strategy and share market intelligence with the firm's investment teams. He will also chair the newly established ...

Robo-advice on the rise but no replacement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
Robo-advice presents opportunities for increasing consumer accessibility to financial advice, but Investment Trends data and adviser insight suggests it will never be a panacea. Latest Investment Trends research shows adoption of robo-advice in Australia ...

SMSF pool still ripe for financial advice: AMP

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
... marketing, digital, innovation and direct Tim Keegan said. The findings come from AMP Capital's latest survey of investment trends in the SMSF industry. AMP Capital undertook a quantitative survey of 700 AMP Capital SMSF investors alongside Investment ...

CFSGAM model portfolios added to FirstWrap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 APR 2018
... managed account offer for licensees with investment capabilities or bespoke requirements." Recent analysis from Investment Trends saw FirstWrap rank fourth for overall platform functionality, as rated by financial advisers. Netwealth, HUB24, OneVue ...

Aussies turn to online trading in droves

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
... number of retail online investors in Australia is the highest it's been since the GFC, the latest insight from Investment Trends shows. According to a new report, 645,000 Australians placed at least one share trade last year, compared to just 640,000 ...