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Advisers lead margin lending push

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2007
While investors are becoming more sophisticated, it's still advisers who are leading the massive growth in margin lending, according to BT Financial Group's head of wealth and wrap solutions, Chris Freeman. His comments came on the back of BT Margin ...

Fees drive super switchers

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2007
A new survey from the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has stated the majority of people who switch funds do so due to brand power and fees. The survey, titled 'Super Decisions: Communicating with Customers and Effective Disclosure' ...

DIY investors all cashed up

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2007
Self managed super fund (SMSF) investors may not have a crystal ball on hand but a new survey found that many of them sold out of property and equities well before the July/August market correction. A joint study of more than 2,100 SMSFs back in May ...

Super changes push SMSFs through planner doors

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2007
Thanks to recent changes in superannuation laws, 55 per cent of all self managed super fund (SMSF) trustees now use planners, up from a third in December 2005, according the latest AMP/Investment Trends Self Managed Super Funds: Investor and Planner ...

Never mind the length, look at the readability

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2007
Despite recent debate over PDS readability, 60 per cent of super fund members do read their PDS's, according to new research conducted by Investment Trends for the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA). In the research, investors who ...

CFD traders to reach 50,000

The number of Contracts for Difference (CFD) traders in Australia have doubled to 31,000 over the year with another 27,000 intending to trade them over the next 12 months, according to a new study. Leading finance research firm Investment Trends has ...

Hedge and non-hedge collide

Investment portfolios would become increasingly more complex as both traditional and hedge fund styles of investing continue to merge, said Jeff Rogers, chief investment officer at ipac Securities. Speaking at the Rainmaker Marketing Symposium today ...

Advisers waiting for better SMAs: survey

Local separately managed accounts (SMA) providers have to offer more products and more features before SMAs could become mainstream, according to an Investment Trends survey. Research firm Investment Trends has finished the first part of a dual survey ...

Netwealth wins Investment Trends innovation award

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
The netwealth platform has been named the 2006 most innovative platform by industry researcher Investment Trends. Michael Heine, netwealth managing director, said the result reflected the significant development the platform had undergone recently and ...

XPLAN ranked first by planners

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2006
A recent report has found that for the second year in a row XPLAN has been ranked the number one planning software provider by financial planners and paraplanners. The 2006 Investment Trends Planner Technology Report found that XPLAN received 44 per ...