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Super inefficiencies coming to the fore

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
... managed amongst group insurance policies is inefficient. "A lack of transparency in how claims are handled impacts on competition when superannuation members and their advisers try to assess the differences between superannuation funds. This inhibits ...

Under reporting of super fees harming investors: ASIC

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
... lumpy transaction costs," Tanzer said. "We understand approaches to fee and cost disclosure can have implications for competition but we think they key point here is that promoting transparency will reinforce trust. Or if you take the counterfactual ...

Macquarie sells down stake in Atlas Roads

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
... that look and feel more like social media sites, search engines and video or music streaming services. "We see our competition as the last app a customer used. That's the bar we've set ourselves in terms of customer experience."

Industry super fund selects J.P. Morgan for custody

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
... dynamics impacting Club Plus Super, as well as the firm's transitions and implementation team set it apart from the competition. The bank's user friendly technology, which is expected to deliver immediate benefits to the fund, also played a role in the ...

IFM and QIC to compete for Port of Melbourne

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
... light to progress respective consortium bids to acquire the 50-year lease of the Port of Melbourne. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said it will not oppose the two separate proposals after carefully considering potential cross-ownership ...

Link considers Pillar bid

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2016
... process. Link told the ASX that if it decides to progress with a bid it may submit for Pillar's assets. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) indicated that it will commence a public informal merger review in respect of Links' possible ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
... Jones Sukuk Total Return Index (ex-Reinvestment) gained 0.62%, while the S&P MENA Sukuk Index rose 0.59%. Improve competition in Africa, reduce poverty: World Bank Boosting competition in African consumer markets and key input sectors can help countries ...

SMSFs warrant PC review inclusion

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
... inform the regulators' ability to understand and monitor these risks over time. It adds SMSF growth is an indicator of competition in the retail level of the superannuation system, however, assessing efficiency requires consideration of a broader range ...

Competition not super's silver bullet: PC

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
The Productivity Commission says competition among Australia's $2 trillion superannuation system "is not an end in itself" to assure efficiency. In releasing its proposed framework to assess super's efficiency and competitiveness the Commission has ...

Collaboration key to surviving change

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
... technology space over the last few years and the term they're using for it is coopetition. So rather than being in outright competition with each other you're competing but you're also collaborating your way to success. "If you share what you try in ...