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Star ratings face predictability test

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
... predicted ability when measured over a full market cycle. In early December, Advisor Perspectives, a US-based investment trends data provider for financial planners conducted its own analysis on how Morningstar's ratings system fared in recent years. ...

Planners want insurance integration

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
... for platforms and planning software to integrate insurance as part of their services. According to research by Investment Trends, the majority of risk transactions continue to be conducted directly with planners' insurance providers. But this situation ...

Report finds retirement income advice shortfall

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009
... report found less than half of respondents to a survey are getting advice on retirement income planning. The Investment Trends 2009 Retirement Income Report based on a survey of more than 2,800 Australians aged over 40 found retirement income planning ...

SMSFs tip more into international equities

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2009
... equities managers hoping to tap into the country's fastest growing super segment. According to the Multiport SMSF Investment Trends Survey for October, self-managed super funds' exposure to international equities climbed to 7.4 per cent at the end of ...

FPs and accountants at odds on SMSF strategies

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
... platform, highlighting key differences in how the two professions are dealing with this booming market segment. The Investment Trends/AMP Capital 2009 SMSF Planner and Accountants Reports found 41 per cent of a planner's SMSF clients' assets sit on a ...

SMSFs snap up blue chip shares

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
... opportunistic basis next year. And high on the cards are blue chip shares, according to Mark Johnston, principal of Investment Trends. "The majority of the [buying] action has been around blue chip shares... demands for other investments have been subdued ...

Money flows lead to Africa

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
... the fastest growing receiver of FDIs with a 63 per cent increase into the region's coffers. According to a new investment trends report by the United Nations, West Africa enjoyed more than 60 per cent growth in FDIs over 2007. Inflows into South, East ...

AIST measures investment choice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
... of the country's largest super funds managing more than $74 billion in assets. The AIST survey comes after an Investment Trends survey found the number of active super members across retail and industry funds considering whether to switch super funds ...

Switching super funds on the rise: survey

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
... July, with the number of industry fund members thinking of changing funds almost doubling, a survey found. An Investment Trends report found the number of actively engaged industry super fund members considering whether they should switch funds rose ...

CMC appoints head of wholesale

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
... recently being named the most widely used CFD provider with the highest trading volume according to the latest Investment Trends June 2009 Contracts for Difference (CFD) report. Last week, CMC Markets also launched an integrated share, CFD and margin ...