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Non-aligned advisers driving new platforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2012
... institutional wealth groups have been steadily increasing the market grip since the GFC, this has not necessarily stifled competition as much as feared. However, he said it had forced non-aligned groups and their service providers to be even more innovative. ...

Trading mistake forces Indian exchange crash

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... National Stock Exchange has been hit because of incorrect orders, Dow Jones Newswires reported. This comes at a time when competition is set to intensify among India's stock market operators with the entry of the MCX Stock Exchange, which is set to start ...

NFL dispute over 401(k) touches down

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
A referee's lock-out dispute in the US over pay and whether NFL referees should be forced to join a 401(k) plan rather than be covered by the NFL pension plan is finally over. The dispute was caused when the NFL administration tried to renegotiate referee ...

Super fees are falling but only just

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... efficiency dividends, for superannuation fees to be reducing so slowly shows the sector to be largely immune from normal competition forces." The report speculated that this may be why governments of both persuasions continue to intervene in the market ...

Brokerage domination chokes competition: Paritech

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
The net effect of the domination a handful of large players have over Australia's brokerage market is cheap brokerage fees, but expensive administration and little innovation. That's according to independent player Paritech, whose chief executive Rick ...

Shorten reins in employer involvement in default super

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... allowed to run its course, despite being initiated after acknowledgement the current system needed more transparency and competition. Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Mathias Cormann yesterday accused the minister of 'gazumping' ...

Break ASX clearing monopoly: Chi-X

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... movements and instability. The Chi-X on the other hand, said that if regulators open up clearing and settlement for competition it would have "quite the reverse" impact. "One of the problems we currently have is that we don't have a competitive environment ...

China FDI flow slows, and?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... dropped by 8.7% to US$7.6 billion in the year to July. China's Commerce Ministry attributed the fall in FDI inflows to competition for investors from India and Brazil, tighter land supply and rising labour costs but it was confident that this would only ...

CBA posts good profits despite volatile markets

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
... greater pressure on market sensitive businesses. "In addition, higher funding costs have put pressure on margins as competition for domestic deposits intensifies and wholesale funding continues to be expensive." Narev said, despite this environment ...

ASX flags concerns over losing single operator status

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
... other major equity market has single facilities. In a submission paper to the Council of Financial Regulators' on competition for equity market clearing and settlements, the ASX claimed its important for policy makers to avoid a repeat of the unintended ...