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Support grows for Asia Funds Passport

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
... this new level of access, presenting attractive investment opportunities. "An Asia Funds Passport would also increase competition in the funds management industry resulting in lower investment costs," said Brogden. "The introduction of an Asia Funds ...

Factions will stay: AMP, AustralianSuper

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... commission and shareholder or fund ownership. That said, having opposing views could work both ways and promote healthy competition within the industry, he said. "I'd like to think that over time in areas where there are very common interests, that we ...

Platinum feels the force of term deposits

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
... One of the country's most respected equity fund managers has lamented that its retail business is facing "intense" competition from bank term deposits. "While Platinum continues to attract positive retail net fund inflows the competition from bank term ...

Net tightens around share trading: ASIC

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
... framework for the shares market, said it is "well-prepared" to start regulating multi-market activity, while boosting competition in equity exchange markets. The proposed changes include new controls to curb extreme price movements, better control for ...

MLC to launch platform

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
... assets was supposedly driven by the attraction of AXA's AP North wealth.net retail investment platform. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) had expressed concern that NAB owning both Navigator and North wealth.net retail investment ...

Platforms control market, not advisers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
... suggesting where the power to influence the financial advice industry really lies, research shows. "In an environment where competition scrutiny is increasing, this highlights why the focus has turned to below line remuneration payments to advisers rather ...

AUSCOAL signs up to innergi

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2010
AUSCOAL Super plans to ramp up its member education and advice programs through a new partnership with independent financial education company innergi. In an effort to engage their members and broaden membership education, AUSCOAL completed a series ...

Johnson Report holds key to competition

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... comes from the Johnson Report to reduce interest withholding tax, which could place Australia at the top of the global competition ranks, research shows. More than three quarters (72 per cent) of 63 respondents which included fund managers, super funds ...

Coalition still unconvinced on 12 pc SG

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... home pay for working families is the best way forward and lacked the courage to explain how he is going to ensure competition in the default fund market". Senator Cormann also raised major concerns about why the government rejected advice from the Henry ...

Smaller QE2 is not all that bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... sustainable levels," less than a week ago, more countries have joined the currency devaluation/intervention/manipulation competition. Here are the snippets from Bloomberg: "Asian currencies fell to a one-week low after Bank of Korea Governor Kim Choong ...