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Asia ushers 2010 with caution

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
Investors will be wary of inflation and deflation risks, hedge funds will undergo closer scrutiny and ESG factors will take prominence - these are some of Mercer's investment trends predictions for Asia this year. Although the threat of sustained deflation ...

Star ratings face predictability test

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
Research group Morningstar has rebutted a US study that suggested its ratings system failed or virtually lost all of its predicted ability when measured over a full market cycle. In early December, Advisor Perspectives, a US-based investment trends ...

Planners want insurance integration

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
The days of planners dealing directly with insurers could be numbered, with new research showing soaring support for platforms and planning software to integrate insurance as part of their services. According to research by Investment Trends, the majority ...

Report finds retirement income advice shortfall

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009
Australians over 40 years of age may not be receiving the type of advice they need after a 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 ...

SMSFs tip more into international equities

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2009
SMSF allocation to international equities has increased for the first time in 18 months, a change in sentiment that bodes well for global equities managers hoping to tap into the country's fastest growing super segment. According to the Multiport SMSF ...

FPs and accountants at odds on SMSF strategies

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
Financial planners are almost three times as likely than accountants to place self managed super fund (SMSF) clients on a platform, highlighting key differences in how the two professions are dealing with this booming market segment. The Investment ...

SMSFs snap up blue chip shares

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
Self-managed super fund trustees are now placing blue chip shares on the top of their buying list after brushing off last year's market carnage, research shows. With markets on an upward trajectory and investor sentiment turning towards the positive ...

Money flows lead to Africa

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
Global foreign direct investment flows have changed course in 2008 from developed countries to Africa - making West Africa the fastest growing receiver of FDIs with a 63 per cent increase into the region's coffers. According to a new investment trends ...

AIST measures investment choice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
An industry association has questioned why super funds provide a range of investments options after a survey found less than 6.5 per cent of members switched funds in the past three years. The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) survey ...

Switching super funds on the rise: survey

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
The number of active super fund members looking to switch funds has risen over nine months to 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 ...