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Match making service launched for advisers

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... licensees. "While we believe they all want the same thing - to recruit more adviser practices -they are not actually in competition with each other because they each have something different to offer."

FOFA provisions will go ahead: PJC

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
... estimates", the report recommended Rice Warner's revised estimate of the employment impact. The committee argued that while competition among financial advisory services is important, the quality of advice and the professionalism of the industry are ...

Super contributions break through $1 trillion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
... barrier and reached $1.044 trillion, or $1.2 trillion when adjusted by inflation through that time. But despite the competition war that has erupted throughout superannuation and the huge efforts the superannuation industry has put into encouraging extra ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
... data. The gains in that sector were led by Telstra which was up six cents, or 1.86 per cent, at $3.29. Australia's competition regulator on Tuesday cleared the way for Telstra's participation in the national broadband network after approving the telco's ...

Pricing competition risks net returns from MySuper: FSC

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... Industry fund dominance of simple, low-cost superannuation will be aggressively challenged by 'white hot' pricing competition that risks an inadequate focus on returns, according to Financial Services Council chief executive, John Brogden. Speaking at ...

HFT and dark pools keep ASIC on its toes

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
... acquisitions. Yet three high-profile mergers including Deutsche Boerse/NYSE Euronext have been blocked by regulators on competition grounds and national politics," said Grob.

APRA MySuper changes burden for industry

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2012
... Services call into question the new authorisation requirements for tailored products, saying the condition will reduce competition and damage the tender process. Under the proposed amendments, trustees would require a separate authorisation from APRA ...

Crowe Horwath eyes HNWI business

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2012
... which predicted an influx of accountants into the financial planning industry either through mergers or appointments. "Competition in the sector has become more intense as accountants, stockbrokers and super funds seek to enter the planning industry ...

FOFA heats up competition for planners

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
Financial planners may be squeezed out of the industry as competition heats up with the impending entry of accountants, stockbrokers and super funds, according to CoreData, with consolidation a likely outcome as smaller practices move to cut costs and ...

PJC hears FOFA lost in translation

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
... proposed legislation. Bradley Fox, national president of the AFA responded to questioning from Senator Stephens on competition in the advice industry, saying that all members of industry superannuation funds would have some portion of member fees allocated ...