Capital accumulation 'dominating' adviser investment interest

Stats from Square Mile’s Academy of Funds searches in Q3

Jenna Brown
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Capital accumulation as a desired outcome continues to dominate adviser interest, according to Square Mile’s latest market intelligence (MI) report.

It said accumulation accounted for more than half (51%) of searches for investment outcomes through its Academy of Funds in the third quarter. This was twice as many as searches for income, at 25.5%, which was the next most popular. Results also showed that inflation searches continued to decline despite dominating news headlines. Inflation hedging searches dropped to 11.8%, down from a peak of 17.4% in the first quarter. Square Mile explained its quarterly MI report is an "extensive register of viewing patterns among users of the Academy of Funds, a depository of insight and opini...

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