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Super funds need to guide members: Investment Trends

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
Superannuation funds need to offer guidance for their members with Investment Trends latest survey finding people want information from their funds to understand market volatility and how they should act. The 2011 Investor Sentiment & Communications ...

CMC Markets launches new platform

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2011
... protection for newer or more risk adverse investors. CMC Markets was named "Best education materials" in the Investment Trends May 2011 Australia CFD Report.

SMSFs cash deposits reflect volatility

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... on cash deposits, moving $40 billion into cash products since 2009, according to a report from Vanguard and Investment Trends. This 'wall of cash', as the report calls it, has developed over the last two years as self-managed super funds (SMSF) trustees ...

Midwinter voted the planners choice

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
For the third consecutive year, Midwinter has been voted first for planner satisfaction in the latest Investment Trends report, in a year when the group expanded to 15% market share. Released today, the Investment Trends 2011 Planner Technology Report ...

Growing SMA use hits education barrier

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
... advised on SMAs in 2011, a much higher proportion of 59% said they saw the benefits of the accounts. Recep Peker, Investment Trends analyst, said lack of information was the key barrier to adviser uptake. "Financial planners say they don't know enough ...

Advisers turn from managed funds to ETFs: BetaShares

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
... fund managers and attracting financial advisers, according to a new ETF report released today. The BetaShares/Investment Trends ETF Report predicts that ETF investor numbers will grow to 80,000 by the end of next year, a 51 per cent increase on the December ...

Demand rises for Aussie bonds and cash: AMP

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
... manages $38 billion in retail funds originated through financial planners. Harrop told financial standard that investment trends had turned towards funds with strong liquidity, a good yield and lower volatility. "Every day you put on the TV and the world ...

Asgard upgrades eWrap

... Asgard's award-winning AdviserNET which recently won the 'Best Navigation and User Interface' award in the 2010 Investment Trends Platform Report.

Advisers hampered by conflicted platforms

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
... client, independent advisers have said. Out of 26 leading master trust and wrap platforms studied by research firm Investment Trends for its 2010 Investment Trends Platform Report, only three were totally independent in not owning a distribution network ...

Midwinter takes on Coin, Xplan

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... that for them." The independent developer wants to build itself up in this field after earning the top spot in Investment Trends 2010 Planner Technology Report for overall satisfaction. In related news, Midwinter will soon be releasing a self-managed ...