After a decade of decline, prospects for margin lending and other equity investment gearing products may be looking up. The latest data shows a pickup in lending and a well-known stockbroking firm has made a significant investment in geared equity…
Investment research
Better advice model needed
Australians don’t like the way financial advice is being currently offered to them and would prefer piece by piece advice when they need it. Michael Blomfield, chief executive of Investment Trends revealed one result of this is that 53 per…
Investment research houses to merge
Two investment management research houses are set to merge, with Zenith Investment Partners announcing that it has entered into an agreement to purchase Chant West’s superannuation research and consultancy business. The deal, which is subject to Chant West shareholder approval,…
Show some emotion, Vanguard tells planners
When Vanguard asked investors what attributes contributed most to the value they put on their relationship with their financial adviser, the most important were: • plan monitoring; • Trust; • Connected; • investment expertise; • time delegation; • Prepared; •…
Planners on notice
Almost a third of consumers and half of small business owners are considering either changing their current financial planner or ceasing to use one altogether, according to new research. Respondents to the MetLife Adviser-Client Relationship Report 2019 cited high fees,…
Sub-scale ETFs miss the cut
BlackRock Investment Management is continuing to cull its portfolio of local exchange traded funds, announcing that it is terminating the iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF. BlackRock closed five iShares ETFs in 2018, including Singapore, Hong Kong and BRIC equity index funds.…
Metrics follows up NB credit fund raise
For the second time in a week a listed credit fund has launched a capital raising, underlining the popularity of the sector in a yield hungry market. Metrics Credit Partners’ MCP Master Income Trust aims to raise up to $638…
Advisers must demonstrate their ongoing value
Financial planners need to show their expertise to their clients through regular contact and reviews to retain clients and improve client satisfaction. MetLife’s latest report, Understanding the Adviser-Client Relationship, reveals that a quarter of respondents are considering changing their adviser…
Credit funds on a roll
Investment manager Neuberger Berman hopes to capitalise on strong demand for listed credit income funds, launching an offer of new units in its NB Global Corporate Income Trust. The offer, an entitlement offer and a shortfall offer, is targeting a…
Move over robo; advice goes ‘bionic’
HUB24 and Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) have partnered to launch ‘bionic’ advice tools in response to the adviser demand to service a wider range of clients more effectively. According to HUB24, around 41 per cent of Australians intend to get…
