Impacting investing may have traditionally been the domain of institutional investors, but it is retail investors and individuals who are now driving growth, according to asset manager State Street Global Advisors (SSGA).

CMC Markets Stockbroking has this week launched international share trading as well as exchange-traded options (ETO) on its platforms, opening up access to global markets via one account.

Additional ratings and research coverage of Australia’s peer-to-peer (P2P) investments has been identified as an area needing more work, which in turn will provide SMSF trustees with better insights into whether to participate in these opportunities, an investment professional has said.

Investors must have a greater focus on investment fundamentals when it comes to peer-to-peer (P2P) investing, now the recent hype over the sector has settled down, an industry executive has said.