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Much ado over Northern Trust

... magnet to offshore service providers. "The investment industry in Australia faces the same pressures of international competition as most any other industry and we would not be surprised to see a trend towards more outsourcing of operational functions ...

Mile high wages club to soar

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2007
... price, the airline could easily undercut the fares offered by Jetstar into Asia. And there is nothing like knowing your competition, as Viva's chief operating officer, Con Korfiatis, well knows. No stranger to Jetstar, Korfiatis, a former Qantas executive ...

A merger made in heaven

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
... Thomson-Reuters together would control 67 per cent of the financial data market. However, Thomson's past success with America's competition authorities might yet prove useful. Meanwhile there don't seem to be any other suitors in the wings, certainly ...

Tyndall sees off fundie frenzy

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2007
... itself was a "relatively simple thing", Tyndall's strength lay in implementation. "We implement far better than the competition." It was this implementation, he said, along with Tyndall's focus on strategic priorities and work culture, that retained ...

Bevan to hit retail mortgage market for six

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2007
... to establish a minimum of 130 shops around Australia within three to five years. The move would put Bevan in direct competition with Wizard Home Loans, which recently decided to convert its stores to franchises and increase store numbers by 15 per cent ...

Rainmaker award votes nearing 6,000

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2007
... translate some of the latest strategies and trends into practice, helping you to out smart, out market and out sell your competition." Page said voting closes soon and winners will be announced at the Awards Dinner on 31st May, to be hosted by radio ...

Brumbie: The only Budget numbers that matter

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2007
... exclusively in Treasury, which is another thing those Budget briefings can sometime forget to mention. Against this fierce competition for attention, superannuation and investment may find it hard to get a major look in especially after the massive reforms ...

Finance firms fail customer satisfaction test

... missing out on opportunities to retain customers or generate more sales because of their poor online service. "As competition for customers increases, financial institutions must go beyond the basics to offer a complete service...the inability to capture ...

AFA launches third annual rising star awards

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2007
... really overwhelming. And the opportunity to once again be involved is not only exciting, it's inspiring. Every year the competition gets stronger; I'm sure this year's nominees will once again prove the industry is in good hands," he said.

ASFA develops standardised super fund data forms

ALEX DUNNIN, HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2007
... The pro-active initiative highlights how the retailisation of superannuation through choice of fund and more open competition has leveled the playing field between the superannuation sectors as super funds are now routinely monitored alongside managed ...