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Industry veterans launch dealer group

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... haven't launched "the unicorn" of dealer groups, they argue they are already leaps and bounds ahead of most of the competition. "Part of that reason is that they are just legacy businesses using legacy systems, whereas we have kicked off on July 1 with ...

FSC calls for scaled advice model

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... increase domestic business investment. This would transfer customers to contemporary products to lower fees, increase competition, improve product disclosure and reduce technology risk, the FSC said. It also recommended the government remove regulatory ...

UK competition watchdog blocks merger

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has blocked the merger of retail investment platforms FNZ and GBST due to fears of it leading to higher costs for investors. FNZ purchased GBST in November 2019 for £150 million. The merged businesses would ...

Cyber criminals jump on ERS

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
... government announced the Early Release of Superannuation (ERS) and JobKeeper schemes, according to the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission. ACCC chair Rod Simms told the joint committee on COVID-19 criminal activity and law enforcement that ...

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 ...