The vast majority of Australia’s financial planners are pursuing aggressive business expansion plans, or at least wanting to, with four out of five seeking significant growth in their levels of funds under advice (FUA).
77.5% of the nation’s professional planners are presently trying increase their fund flows and …
Finding the right framework for the retail financial services market is a constant struggle for government and regulators in the UK.
Twenty years ago, polarisation created the concept of independent financial advice and since then independent financial advisers (IFAs) have grown in importance as a distribution channel for …
You might not think it, but here at CoreData we are of the firm belief that the most dangerous publications in Australia, from a potentially damaging investment perspective, are the major Sunday Newspapers.
It’s not because they are full of noxious ink or that their production has required …
People are strange – the deceased music-icon Jim Morrison once sang, and if the Australian Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan was to observe the latest CoreData minipoll he would have to agree.
Six months after taking over the reins from Peter Costello, someone who unlike Morrison occupies the unenviable …
Although sales of Sipps have rocketed in recent years, research among UK consumers shows that many are still unaware of what a Sipp is, while others think advisers add little to their investment performance.
These findings are from research carried out by CoreData Research UK among UK consumers …
