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Tokyo Stock Exchange to set new trading benchmark

Stock exchanges in Asia-Pacific, including Australia, will have to fend off tougher competition from the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE), after the group said it will spend $600 million over the next two years in building a more sophisticated trading platform. ...

Reverse mortgages to mature: SEQUAL

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2007
Increased competition in the reverse mortgage industry will see product providers fine-tuning their existing products and contracts rather than rushing new products to market, according to Keiren Dell, chief executive officer of the Senior Australians ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2007
... market were expressed at the interim profit announcement by CBA chief Ralph Norris where it was noted that strong competition in that market has meant that many financially distressed customers are being allowed even more credit. Treasury officials have ...

MFAA rules under fire

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2007
... brokers, the Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia (MFAA), may be forced to rewrite its membership rules if the competition watchdog upholds a complaint. The MFAA, formerly the Mortgage Industry Association of Australia, makes it a condition ...

Banks to brace for bumpier ride: Fitch

... earnings growth of the country's largest banks will likely be 'moderate' this year compared to last year due to increased competition for the consumer dollar and lesser housing finance deals. "For a number of years, asset quality at the Australian banks ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2006
... and up to three. The US car manufacturing industry has also been hit by falling sales, higher fuel prices and stiff competition from medium sized cars especially from Japan's largest company Toyota that has been achieving excellent sales. Consensus stock ...

Compare the pair: Weaven vs Lambert

... basic data such as daily unit pricing. "I'm all in favour of consumers getting a better deal and I encourage the fee competition that industry funds are driving," he said. "But for us to give advice [on industry funds] there needs to be data flow. Don't ...

ANZ FP to focus on maintaining its muscle

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2006
... looking for a certain type of planner with our salaried employment model." However, he said that with the increasing competition to secure quality planners ANZ FP would be changing its recruitment focus. "Because banks are the nurseries for most planner ...

The manager matters in private equity: Unigestion

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2006
... concern for many in private equity is the amount of debt and that there is so much debt available." He added that where competition was tough and buyout prices were being bid up, like in the US and mega-buyouts, there was diminished value for investors. ...

Rate rise drives home loan innovation

... that, "A continuing increase in interest rates may lead to a more competitive lending environment". "This increased competition among lenders may drive an improvement in service levels, as well as the development of new product features designed to deliver ...