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Government repeats fintech focus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
... technology in regulation we can better achieve our regulatory goals, avoiding the negative effects on productivity, competition and innovation, and delivering lower costs and more reliable protections for consumers and the economy. In Australia, that ...

ASIC calls time on super disclosure exemption

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
... accountability to the wider market (for example, via gatekeepers such as analysts, advisers and journalists) and enhance market competition, for consumers' ultimate benefit."

The race is on for offshore investments

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2017
... 2.0. "Our super system has been going for 25 years, and it needs a change. It needs to be opened up to choice and competition so we can make it productive and effective," she said. "The Productivity Commission is tasked with this at the moment. We believe ...

Evolution Trustees begins global alliance

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
... opportunities to harness global demand for high quality Australian assets. The Australian MIT services market needs more competition, and our partnership will undoubtedly drive benefits for clients." The combination of TMF Group's experience in real ...

Asia driving infrastructure deal activity

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2017
... potential for subsidised ownership. "However, as demand for infrastructure has increased over the last decade, greater competition for assets - particularly secondary stage assets in developed economies - has pushed valuations upwards. Low interest rates ...

ANZ and Macquarie fined for cartel conduct

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... ANZ will pay $9 million - admitting it engaged in 10 instances of attempted cartel conduct in contravention of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (CCA). Macquarie will pay $6 million - admitting it engaged in eight instances of attempted cartel conduct ...

MySuper competition heats up: Rainmaker

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
... is proving to be effective, Dunnin said. "Anyone who says MySuper isn't revolutionising superannuation and driving competition isn't paying attention," he said. The research said banks have been heavily criticised in the past for some of their higher ...

Turnbull putting industry fund governance back on the table

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
... "complete the process" following the implementation of the MySuper reforms in July 2017. Emphasising the importance of competition in financial services, Turnbull also highlighted his plans to make Australian fund managers more competitive overseas ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2016
... that the US Federal election was a dampening influence on Australian business confidence in November. For others, competition from imports continued to constrain business while the flow-through from conditions in agriculture is having mixed outcomes ...

Pillar sold to Mercer

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
... including Cullen Egan Dell and Sedgwick and Mellon, yet a potential Pillar purchase raised the eyebrows of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission in October. "Although Mercer (and possibly other providers) may have the capacity to supply ...