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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 ...

More super funds will merge: QMV

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... they'll be bigger than AustralianSuper. It almost starts to get to the point where you say, do we have enough competition? We're a fair way from really having to worry about that but what we will have is two behemoths," Forbes said. "We've ...

University of Sydney scores win at CFA competition

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... adviser Angelo Aspris, industry mentor Michael Toh of Regal Funds Management and the local chapter of CFA Society. "This competition is a real proving ground. This year's students faced the added challenge of analyzing companies in an environment ...

The blame game

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... term," he said. Griffith said the heat map did heighten the conversation around what the industry was doing, driving competition with the hopes it will lead to future innovation, but he warned regulators should be careful what they wish for. "Even with ...

AIOFP launches fresh campaign, criticises FPA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... containing information about issues that the association says are responsible for costing consumers money and lowering competition with the big banks. "These issues are ridiculous compliance levels, the need to retain and increase risk commissions, tax ...

The five threats to super fund survival

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... is regulatory-driven," SS&C said. "Instead, this could lead to an increase in compliance costs and the reduction of competition that results from a smaller field of funds. "We believe scale must be accompanied by digital transformation and innovation ...

Not safe to launch: APRA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... an appropriate balance between financial safety and other important considerations to the community - efficiency, competition, contestability and competitive neutrality," APRA's letter read. "In doing this, APRA is also asked to promote financial ...

Open banking to charge on

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... consumer watchdog has confirmed the launch of open banking will go ahead at the July 1 deadline as a means to help drive competition. ACCC chair Rod Sims said he believes a key driver of reform, and greatly improved competition in financial services ...

Super scammers pose as authorities

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... superannuation authorities in an attempt to rip-off unsuspecting superannuation members. By midday Thursday, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission had received 19 Scamwatch reports from concerned members of the public who had been contacted ...

Stand still, get left behind

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... business. We have to be able to measure the cash flow impact - it has to be material and meaningfully different from the competition." Measuring and scoring ESG factors is a way for investment managers to prove that they are active on ESG without resorting ...