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Best in show should not dampen competition: Bowen

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... Productivity Commission, yet the best in show approach must be careful that it doesn't dampen competition. Speaking at the FSC Summit in Melbourne on Wednesday, Bowen said any model that dampens competition would not be in members' interests "And then ...

BTFG will pay back grandfathered commissions to customers

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... the benefit of banning grandfathered commissions to its clients instead of retaining it, the Financial Services Council Summit heard. BT Financial Group general manager advice Michael Wright told Financial Standard the exact form in which the clients ...

Future of superannuation leads FSC Summit

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... was a key message from PwC asset and wealth management leader Craig Cummins as he opened the Financial Services Council Summit in Melbourne this morning. Setting the tone for the next two days, Cummins said while financial adviser groups and distributors ...

Cbus aims to reduce costs through internalisation

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2018
In a speech at the Master Builders Australia National Leaders Summit in Canberra, Cbus chief investment officer Kristian Fok said his fund aims to manage at least 35% of its assets internally by 2022, thereby reducing costs by about 18 basis points. ...

Chief economist update: Trade war and peace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2018
... reciprocal benefits, are key engines for growth and job creation. We recommit to the conclusions on trade of the Hamburg G20 Summit, in particular, we underline the crucial role of a rules-based international trading system and continue to fight protectionism. ...

Government opens consultation for amended CCIV regime

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018
... class." The Financial Services Council has long supported the introduction of this legislation. At the FSC's 2016 Leaders Summit in Melbourne, chief executive Sally Loane said: "For heaven's sake, move forward with the recommendations of the ...

Now showing: Trump and Kim

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2018
... personalities' unpredictable disposition, there are still many miles to go before declaring the US-North Korea peace summit a fait accompli. To be sure, Trump himself described this initial powwow as a "getting to know you meeting." Trump and Kim ...

Chief economist update: China's neo-great leap forward

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
Quitaly and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's exit and the curious case of the US-North Korea summit have drowned China's modern version of the "Great Leap Forward". The first day of June marked when MSCI included Chinese A-shares into ...

Chief economist update: Should have sold in May and gone away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2018
... the June 1 deadline. Trade negotiations with China are also underway. There's the uncertainty over the US-North Korea summit, the rise in oil prices (because Trump pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal), the fall in oil prices (because Saudi Arabia ...

Chief economist update: Italy and Spain an emerging ECB problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
... financial markets as Trump's rolling circus again came to the fore with his flip-flop-flip over the US-North Korean summit - just a day after Trump cancelled the summit, he declared it back on again. Make what you will of it, but I think Trump has ...