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Aon, Willis Towers Watson terminate merger

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021
... Shareholders of both approved the merger in August 2020, as did the European Commission. However, locally, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said in February that it believed the merger would diminish competition. More information about ...

M&As to create super advice firms

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
... accounting and professional services led by entrepreneurs and not institutions. AZ NGA chief executive Paul Barrett said competition for quality assets is heating up and will only intensify in the lead up to 1 January 2026. However, M&As are not the ...

Looking beyond high-dividend stocks

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021
... their exit from the wealth industry. "In ways they can support client engagement, support retention and then fight off competition from emerging fintechs such that they actually can regain some earnings growth and therefore dividend growth in the future," ...

Fund managers failing value assessments: FCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021
... the regulator found that weak demand-side pressure exists in the market for authorised funds, resulting in a lack of competition among fund providers on fees and charges. In essence, fund managers had to justify if the value they are providing is commensurate ...

ASIC looks to tighten crypto ETP oversight

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2021
... regardless of an entity's legal structure to prevent regulatory arbitrage and foster a level playing field for competition between different types of investment entities for example, ETPs that invest in cryptoassets should not be at a competitive ...

ASIC changes ETF market maker rules

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2021
... recognises that authorised participants perform an essential market making function in the market for ETFs, and that competition between market makers facilitates market efficiency and can produce benefits for retail investors," the corporate watchdog ...

Catholic, Equip SFT to see Fairley exit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
... finding themselves reaching for the phone, think again. "I would not take on a chair of a fund that was going to be in competition with the fund that I've been at for more than 12 years," Fairley said. "But I'm certainly open to discussions with ...

Aussies lose $328m to investment scams

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2021
... fleeced Australians $328 million and accounted for the largest scams in 2020. This is according to the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission's (ACCC) latest report Targeting Scams, which unveiled a recording-breaking amount of $851 million ...

Rest hires from AustralianSuper, Hostplus

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2021
... manager. The three roles report to Rest general manager for workplace superannuation Richard Millington. "There is strong competition among super funds to grow their employer and member bases, particularly in the corporate sector," said Rest's group ...

Victoria Devine launches investing platform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021
... have different needs, and different business models can meet all of those needs. "We need to stop worrying about the competition, stop seeing technology as a threat and stop saying it's too hard to address the advice gap and throwing our hands in the ...