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ANZ cuts wealth mgmt by 230

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
... spokesperson said. "This includes changed customer preferences for Wealth products following the GFC and increasing competition which is placing pressure on margins and costs," he told Financial Standard. "We believe these changes put us in a stronger ...

APLs a potential minefield under FOFA

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... question is how this will be enforced internally inside vertically integrated groups," said Lucas. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is reportedly already looking at cases based on the regulatory arrangements around conflicted ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
... at $64.53. In companies news, pay TV operator FOXTEL is free to take over regional rival Austar after receiving the competition watchdog's approval. Austar shares were one of the few bright sparks, gaining 3.75 per cent to $1.51. Meanwhile, the big four ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
... series for March and the National Australia Bank's monthly business survey for March. In equities news, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is expected to announce its decision on the Foxtel Austar take-over, while Energy Resources of ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
... shares shed 12 cents to $24.73 and Commonwealth Bank shares were down 25 cents at $50.29. Meanwhile, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has suspended its clearance process for AGL Energy's purchase of Australia's largest brown ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... management business was taking longer than expected. Packaging firm Amcor was seven cents richer at $7.25 after the competition watchdog approved Amcor's $238 million acquisition of Aperio Group. In the resources sector, global miner BHP Billiton was ...

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 ...