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Frontier and Rogerscasey form research alliance

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
... Frontier Advisors chief executive Damian Moloney added. The Alliance will hold periodic forums to discuss global investment trends, client issues, and capital market directions. Segal Rogerscasey is a US-based investment consultant that serves corporations ...

HUB24 announce new sales head

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... performed well in the competitive investment platform industry. It received the Most New Developments Award in the Investment Trends 2012 Platform Report, coming 7th overall out of the 25 platforms reviewed. The HUB24 platform has positioned itself as ...

CommSec appoints head of adviser services

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
Online broker CommSec has appointed former Investment Trends chief operating officer Eric Blewitt to lead CommSec Adviser Services. Prior to Investment Trends, Eric managed Bendigo and Adelaide Bank's leveraged equities margin lending business. "Eric ...

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 ...

CFS FirstWrap enhances corporate actions feature

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... improving reporting and enhancing its listed securities research, has seen CFS Wrap reclaim the top spot in Investment Trends' platform rankings. CFS aims to build on its recent success in the platform arena with plans to bring additional functionality ...

South Africa leads foreign investment in the continent

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
... rising more than five-fold from $1.2 billion in 2010 to $6.4 billion in 2012. The figures came from the 'Global Investment Trends Monitor' report issued by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTD). The report was published ahead ...

CFS FirstWrap regains platform top spot

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
The CFS FirstWrap platform has overtaken MLC Wrap and Navigator to reclaim the top spot in Investment Trends' ranking of full-function platforms. FirstWrap topped the functionality table and also ranked first for product offering, transaction capabilities ...

Investor 'fear factor' lowest in 40 months

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
... have been in more than three years, and stock market return expectations are at a 20 month high. Research group Investment Trends today released the findings of its January 2013 Investor Intentions Index which it said showed investors' "fear levels" ...

Bell Direct ranked top online broker

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
... topped the customer satisfaction rankings for online traders, ranking first in 15 out of 16 categories in the Investment Trends Online Broking Report for the second half of 2012. The rankings reflect positive feedback received from customers across a ...

Bell Direct ranked top online broker

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
... Online share trading business Bell Direct has topped the customer satisfaction rankings for online traders in the Investment trends Online Broking report for the second half of 2012. The broker almost achieved a clean sweep ranking first in 15 out of ...