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New class action regulations slammed

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... is my concern." He believes the proposed changes would discourage overseas based funders - subsequently decreasing competition and increasing commission fees. "Whilst the government has announced these changes for the purpose of protecting class members ...

Schroders readies private assets offering

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... development, across primary and secondary markets, and with a focus on small to medium sized companies, where there is less competition for assets and lower prices... [and] these companies typically have less leverage than larger companies, which is ...

McMillan Shakespeare restructures operations

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... $30-35 million hit to its retail financial services business, blaming the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, increased competition and a general reduction in the number of car sales for the decline.

Franklin Templeton cuts fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
... and Aberdeen Standard dropped fees on fixed income funds last year on back of lower yield expectations, increasing competition and ahead of ASX listings.

Calls for index industry disruption

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... managers have much to gain from a more diversified market. This sector of the asset management industry needs more competition, especially when it comes to market exposure or beta benchmarks, Morningstar index strategist Dan Lefkovitz argued. While structural ...

How competitive is the Australian ETF industry?

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
... unconcentrated for a score of 100-1500 and highly-competitive for a score of less than 100. "...What you really want in a competition is for every team to have a chance of winning at the end of the day. If you have managers which are dominating too much ...

FICAP sponsors donate $150k despite postponement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... agreed to donate their respective event sponsorship fees to FICAP's three charity partners, despite the singing competition - which was slated for March 26 - not going ahead. The three charities to benefit from the industry's generosity are SHINE ...

Open banking accreditation now open

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... allowing them to safely switch and transfer their banking data between trusted providers. Open banking encourages competition between service providers, helping lower prices for consumers and also drive innovation. The ACCC said its RAAP has two functions ...

Law firm bolsters financial services team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
... are facing significant regulatory change, more aggressive regulators using more dynamic supervision, consolidation, competition from technology firms entering the financial sector and with the opening up of the banking sector, and an increased focus ...

Morningstar downgrades two Vanguard funds to neutral

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... strategies, according to Morningstar. Yet on fees, the fund is more expensive than alternatives in the market. "Fee competition is rife in the increasingly commoditised passives market-cap space. Vanguard reduced fees on their wholesale identical unlisted ...