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Support for FICAP RockStar event swells

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
The Financial Industry Community Aid Program (FICAP) has announced that its annual 'Who wants to be a RockStar' competition, will be held at a new, larger venue this year to accommodate the swelling number of people supporting the event. The invitation ...

Tech "arms race" to spur banking competition

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
Only banks with sufficient scale will survive the technology "arms race," the increase in competition and the entrance of non-traditional players, according to an EY global banking outlook for 2015. "The expense of competing, combined with declining ...

Super modern awards anti-competitive: FSC

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
Research by the Financial Services Council (FSC) suggests that modern awards are reducing competition in the superannuation industry. FSC's analysis of the modern awards system demonstrates a disproportionate representation of industry, government and ...

Australian Unity acquires two $80 million mortgage funds

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2014
... expand and grow the mortgage investment business. "The future of non-bank lending looks promising with the doors to competition starting to open presenting opportunities for mortgage funds like these. "With interest rates predicted to remain low for ...

Oil slide, CEO pay and that "income recession"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
... Virginia, it's turning out to be a fight between the central banks - lifting demand - and the OPEC cartel drowning their competition with supply. And this is good for Australia. Cheap oil is good. Us, blokes and sheilas, will have more to spend on something ...

FSI favours Chile-style default super auction

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... superannuation fees have not fallen as low as they could have done, due largely to an "absence of strong consumer-driven competition." It put this lack of competition down to members' lack of engagement and reliance on employers to choose default funds ...

Murray calls for ASIC to have more money and power

MARK SMITH  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... adaptable and more accountable, with greater independence in some areas, such as funding" and would "increase the focus on competition and improve how regulations are made and reviewed." He also called for the establishment of a Financial Regulator Assessment ...

Murray's FSI: consumers win round one

ALEX DUNNIN  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... platforms charging 1.5% fees as a standard baseline may be numbered. But the FSI hasn't stopped there. It wants the competition doors to default and especially union controlled award default super swung wide open - a view that will delight the government ...

Banks should hold more capital: Murray

AAP  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
Australian banks should be forced to hold more capital to minimise their risk of failure and improve competition, the Financial System Inquiry has found. The final report of David Murray's blueprint for the future of Australia's financial system, released ...

Financial System Inquiry recommendations wrap

STAFF WRITER  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... products, unless a review by 2020 concludes that the Stronger Super reforms have been effective in significantly improving competition and efficiency in the superannuation system. The retirement phase of superannuation: Require superannuation trustees ...