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Mercer appoints senior AMP exec

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... challenges facing the industry in terms of super funds keeping pace with increased customer experience expectations and competition. Anthony will play a key part in continuing to roll out these improvements for our clients." Mercer has recently launched ...

Chartered accountants' response 'clumsy'

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
The New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants was unused to competition and made a "clumsy response" to new rival CPA Australia, a court has heard. In the High Court at Wellington on Tuesday, Bruce Gray QC defended NZICA's marketing campaign and ...

Super funds clash on board independence

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... directors on fund boards. BT Financial Group believes increasing the number of independent directors will create new competition for positions as well as broaden the talent pool. Industry Super Australia has warned about the reform's implications. Today ...

Small funds winning group risk race

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... what is covered. Part of the reason insurers may be reticent to adjust pricing too harshly, though, is the growing competition in the group sector, specifically in attracting retail, government and corporate fund clients. Industry fund members remain ...

North American sovereigns hardest hit by oil crisis

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... sovereigns are, on average, overweight relative to emerging markets generally (17% versus 9%). Because of the increasing competition in the sector, though, along with sovereign investors' mandate to deploy substantial assets, sourcing deals is becoming ...

PROFILE: IOOF managing director Chris Kelaher

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... not many players in that space: "We were able to be the big player among the smaller players, there wasn't a lot of competition. We were able to access transactions without a lot of competition, acquisitions that none of the big banks were interested ...

Treasury examining ASX monopoly

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said the Government is considering encouraging competition in equities clearing to break up the ASX's monopoly. Speaking at the 2015 Annual Stockbrokers Conference in Sydney, Frydenberg conceded there had already ...

ACCC approves Federations Centres and Novion merger

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) will not oppose Federation Centres' proposed acquisition of Novion Property Group, paving the way for the new combined group to become a major player in Australia's highly concentrated institutional ...

FSC backs Commission on choice of super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... decoupled from the industrial relations system to avoid conflicts of interest and to open the superannuation market to competition and choice. "If Australians are forced to save a portion of their salary for 40 to 50 years, they must be allowed to decide ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... test program in the US to give online customers unlimited delivery of goods for $US50 a year, putting it in direct competition with Amazon's "Prime" service. LONDON - Europe's stock markets have risen in light holiday trade, after US stocks climbed higher ...