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Baby boomers turn to local private debt: Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2024
... premium," the report said. "There is simply less big money in the Australian private debt sector, meaning relatively less competition for Australian private debt investment managers."

Vanguard Super hits $1bn, soft launches pension product

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... that," he said. And while there's plenty happening in the superannuation and retirement spaces, including on the competition front with fellow indexer Betashares poised to make its entry following the acquisition of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank's ...

Super funds in pole position for expanded advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... administration model, and seeing where artificial intelligence (AI) can play a role are some examples. "Increased competition, the need to focus on retirement, and the likelihood that funds are going to [provide] more advice are causing funds to say ...

Younger Aussies embracing SMSFs, guidance needed

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... "So, if they see their friends achieving certain things and they have the opportunity to participate in some form of competition or game, it can really encourage setting up bigger goals and building the habits and doing the work required to get in a ...

Risk, compliance staff in hot demand

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... side, the firm did flag that staff attrition on risk and compliance teams is relatively high, not just because of the competition for talent. "... this seems to be due to increased workloads and regulatory or enterprise structural risk project work across ...

ANZ gets green light for Suncorp merger

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024
... banking arm given the go-ahead. The decision to authorise the takeover was handed down this morning by the Australian Competition Tribunal (ACT), despite initially being blocked by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) in August last ...

Mergers a boon for super member growth

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
... growth in member numbers, according to new analysis from Perple - People Performance, underscored by mergers and stiff competition. Using APRA data of the 2022-23 financial year, Perple found that merger activities drove most of the movement in member ...

Family offices struggling to recruit: Study

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2024
... biggest challenge is the rapidly increasing salaries of compliance and legal professionals, followed by the growing competition for regulatory and compliance professionals. The final challenge is the increasingly global and international nature of regulatory ...

MSC Trustees acquires Certane Corporate Trust

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2024
... complementary corporate trust, custody, security trustee and agency, registry and fund administration services. He added that competition in the local custody space has been retreating following the exit of the Australian banks to return to core business. ...

Government proposes framework for clearing and settlement services regulation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2024
The government has released the Corporations and Competition (CS Services) Instrument 2024, a new legislative proposal aimed at regulating clearing and settlement (CS) services. The proposed instrument, issued under the authority of assistant treasurer ...