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ATO seeks IT contractors

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
... contracts in 2020. "Consistent with the Whole of Government agenda, our aim is to provide greater opportunities for competition, delivering better value for money for the Australian community," Katf said. Earlier this year, Commonwealth Superannuation ...

Advisers laud Xplan software

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2021
... practice efficiency and anticipating future changes to advice delivery models, but over the horizon, there is emerging competition from integrated applications like Salesforce-based Wealth Connect and Intelliflo Intelligent Office from the UK, a trend ...

Cboe Chi-X takeover progresses

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
... I expect two to three months. In terms of the ETF market there is going to be greater pricing tension and greater competition available in the market when it comes to ETFs, be they active or passive," Jokovic said. "From December of last year there has ...

APRA to overhaul offshore reinsurance standards

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2021
... from growing use of offshore reinsurance. But APRA has also sought to balance this by still enabling the benefits of competition and innovation from the participation of offshore reinsurers in the Australian life insurance market," Rowell said. APRA ...

Northern Trust AM's stellar year

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
... stocks. Other factor-based funds management businesses in Australia include Dimensional and Robeco. But Bennett said the competition in factor-based strategies is much broader than that. "We think in the current landscape, basically everyone is working ...

Former Wallaby departs Westpac for NAB

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2021
... customers. "Brokers play a significant role in the Australian community in providing access to credit and driving competition, and this contribution continues to grow," he said.

ACCC merger reforms may impact super industry

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2021
The competition watchdog has accelerated merger activity in the superannuation sector in its sights as it becomes increasingly concerned about lack of competition in financial services. Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) chair Rod ...

HUB24, Netwealth top platform rankings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
... highly across four of the six. "The narrow difference in overall platform functionality scores highlights the intense competition between the leading platforms, many of which have made meaningful refinements to their product offering, reporting, decision ...

Review of AFCA underway

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
... resolution approach, process for identifying responses to systemic issues and whether its funding and fee structures impact competition. At the moment, AFCA's independent assessor has the ability to review complaints about the standard of service provided ...

Netwealth cash margin could squeeze

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
... rate is now rising, in what could impact Netwealth's earnings. "With bank profits recently under pressure and limited competition for deposits, the risk of ANZ renegotiating the cash rate +95bps they paid NWL is rising. We note that 12 months' notice ...