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Crowd equity funding, the Ashley Madison of finance

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
... of banking?", Professor Henry Ergas, from Monash University, said during the presentation of the research report 'Competition in financial services'. Ergas was referring to online dating services that connect married people who are willing to commit ...

PROFILE: J.P. Morgan head of Australia funds David Hallifax

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... the world at that point. It was only on his way back home from Europe that he remembered the "dummy stock market" competition for the Herald Sun he had participated in in high school that he realised what he wanted to be: a stockbroker. There was just ...

Four pillars policy is killing innovation: research

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
... to poor consumer outcomes, the Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR) found. The research report 'Competition in financial services' acknowledges that the policy made sense prior to the global financial crisis (GFC) because it prevented ...

Managers pressured by more demanding clients

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
... implementing strategies to manage it. Overall, asset managers are positive about the opportunities for growth despite growing competition and potential disruption from new entrants to the industry such as technology or non-financial services firms. Most ...

Super funds hunting further afield for overseas assets

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... investments that will deliver for members in both accumulation and retirement phases. There is naturally a lot of competition for assets that can achieve that. "Ultimately, investors and investment managers are in the business of generating investment ...

Mercer launches super data analytics tool

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
... Mercer has launched a new data-driven analytics tool to help super funds better understand their members amid intense competition for funds under management. The company says the new analytics, marketing and strategy platform - to be known as Mercer ...

Capital raising not total solution: CIFR

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015
... discourage risk-taking," Moshirian said. The study argues that while there have been attempts to strengthen banking competition, resolution, supervision, auditing and valuation policies, less attention has been paid to governance despite a strong link ...

Retail funds get behind campaign to lower fees

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... represents the retail side of the superannuation industry, has stated that "superannuation fees are too high. More competition is needed across the superannuation industry to reduce fees so Australians can have extra savings in retirement." The statement ...

Frydenberg slams modern awards as poorly-conceived

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... Speaking at the Financial Services Council (FSC) annual conference he said: "Opening the superannuation market to competition will require consideration of an alternative to the current, poorly-conceived Fair Work Commission process for the selection ...

Super board changes ignore past lessons: Bowen

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... system which has intentionally provided for alternative governance models, which has delivered undeniable benefits for competition over the past two decades," Bowen said. He noted the Productivity Commission in its 2012 report into default superannuation ...