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South Africa leads foreign investment in the continent

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
South Africa has received the largest share of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the African continent, with the figure 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 ...

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
Australian investors are less scared then they 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 ...

Bell Direct ranked top online broker

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
Online share trader Bell Direct has again 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 ...

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 ...

XPLAN best planning software in 2012

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
IRESS' financial planning software system XPLAN is the top-rated planning application for 2012 according to an Investment Trends report. The 2012 Financial Planning Software Report by Investment Trends is an in-depth analysis of the eight fully featured ...

Search for yield to become more acute: Fidelity

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
The search for income will only grow in importance over the next decade, as traditional sources dry up in line with lower interest rates and bond yields, a new Fidelity Worldwide Investment survey reveals. After surveying 100 of its equity analysts ...

Clients favour modular advice

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
Most clients don't want a long, face-to-face interview with their financial planner and business models should change to better meet their needs, research shows. Investment Trends surveyed 1,375 Australian adults in August through to September this ...

Advisers' client numbers down

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
In the past five years the number of people using a financial planner has dropped 20%, down from three million to 2.4 million, new research shows. The report from research-house Investment Trends shows that while fewer Australians are now using financial ...

Investor cash obsession worries wealth creators

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
Despite growing speculation that the next bull market run is just around the corner, historically low interest rates, and a call by RBA governor Glenn Stevens for investors to return to shares, investors' remain unwaveringly committed to cash. Following ...