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Super governance at centre stage

ANDREW BRAGG, FSC DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND GLOBAL MARKETS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... market tensions. As we know from the reform era, which started in 1983, competition will drive prices down and provoke innovation. A Think of telecommunications, electronics and cars - each market delivered for consumers after competition reforms. Three ...

Advice M&A activity set to soar in 2015

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... of poor investment markets and legislative uncertainty have been discarded and we will see a market that is open to innovation, mergers and growth. 2015 promises to be the most active and fluid in the advice space than any preceding period," Forte Asset ...

Millionaire investors swell in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
... Bank edged ahead of NAB Private. According to Guiamatsia, ANZ's "Grow Centre, in particular, has been a well-received innovation."

HUB24 FUA reaches $1.4 billion

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
... the decade," HUB24 chair Bruce Higgins said. "Our managing director Andrew Alcock and our team are driving industry innovation as demonstrated by the Investment Trends award to HUB24 as 'Best Tablet/Smartphone Access' and strong growth across superannuation ...

UBS joins mFund

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... 10 issuers representing 75 funds and 22 fund managers and nine registrar service providers. "mFund is an important innovation and UBS is delighted to be a part of this initiative with ASX.A We believe it will introduce efficiencies into the market and ...

ASX half-year profit up 4.7%

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
... further reduce costs for ASX clients: "The investment will create a more flexible exchange infrastructure and support innovation in Australia's financial markets, including the ability to trade instruments in multiple currencies. The new infrastructure ...

New SIV proposals a boon to venture capital

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
... commercialisation of great Australian research.A Our key objective is to see more investment into areas which support innovation and which provide new sources of growth capital, particularly in areas with thin capital flows." Austrade, which has invited ...

Plato hires senior quant analyst from SSgA

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... significantly enhances our research capability and his hiring demonstrates our strong commitment to proprietary research and innovation." The appointment follows a year of strong investment returns and business growth for the fund manager. Funds under ...

AllianceBernstein rebrands

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... intellectual curiosity-we've also expanded our offerings and our talent and strengthened our culture of collaboration and innovation," AB chairman and chief executive Peter Kraus said. "Now we have a bold and dynamic new brand that reflects AB's breadth ...

Tech "arms race" to spur banking competition

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
Only banks with sufficient scale will survive the technology "arms race," the increase in competition and the entrance of non-traditional players, according to an EY global banking outlook for 2015. "The expense of competing, combined with declining ...