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FICAP 2020 weeks away

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
The countdown to the Financial Industry Community Aid Program's 2020 fundraiser and singing competition 'Who Wants to be a Rockstar?' is on. Slated for March 26, the 14th annual event sees financial services professionals vie for the title ...

New Aussie ETF to invest in FAANGs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... financial performance of Apple's shares with local trading. "It's a great product which is a sort of natural competition for us," he said. "But the intermediary and retail channel are not necessarily aware of them. And the big argument is that ...

Consultation on mortgage broker best interests duty opens

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... best assist brokers to meet these new legal obligations. "ASIC expects that the new obligations will also improve competition in the home lending market." The guidance is due to be published before the legal obligations commence on July 1.

Government loves SMSFs: Hume

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... growing number of people are establishing SMSFs at a much younger age," Hume said. "Most importantly, it's driving competition. We're seeing some APRA funds respond to this by developing products with features that are similar to SMSFs." She said that ...

Australian ETF industry competition heats up

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
... governments around the world to calculate how open a market is and to determine if potential mergers could stifle competition and potentially harm consumers, Dyall said. It ranks entities in four categories, in decreasing order of market competitiveness ...

IOOF profits fall 39%, advice margins drop

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
... impact of Protecting Your Super and margin compression. Gross margins were also affected by legislative changes and competition, IOOF said. Governance costs in the period rose $5.2 million. During the period, IOOF sold its stake in Ord Minett as well ...

Netwealth leads the platform pack

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
... between the leading platforms across such a vast set of considerations are narrower than ever, reflecting the intense competition and rivalry in the space. "Many platforms have introduced a host of improvements to help advisers further demonstrate their ...

Grow Super signs first admin client

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
... implementing Grow's plans for the platform. The admin platform is to become Grow Super's primary business, putting it in competition with administration giants Mercer and Link. In December, Grow chief executive Josh Wilson told Financial Standard that ...

Former ANZ Wealth retirement head joins CoreLogic

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... unprecedented change in the mortgage market to digitise customer, broker and lender experiences while dealing with increased competition and regulatory overhead. "We are extremely pleased to have Milena join us. Her experience in helping banks achieve ...

VanEck launches first active ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
... which has recently been subject to ASIC's scrutiny. "External market making offer greater price discovery as there is competition among them [which is in] interest of the investors," Neiron said. Neiron said VanEck doesn't pay any commissions to brokers/advisers ...