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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... Indicator for March is due out, as is the National Australia Bank's quarterly business survey. Meanwhile, chair of the Competition Policy Review Panel Ian Harper and ACCC chairman Rod Sims are slated to speak at a CEDA event in Brisbane. CEDA NSW Property ...

Frydenberg sets fuse on Trowbridge time bomb

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
... bank owned firms who could cross-subsidise. "That is the tension that we have to understand because it goes again to competition."

Adviser wins Masters course

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... recently. Humphries, of Huon Financial Planning, won the course by entering the Stella Network's one-year anniversary competition asking entrants how they supported a woman in financial planning industry in the past year. She was recognised "for her ...

ClearView predicts end of independent financial advice

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
... remuneration design should support quality advice. While it should discourage over-selling and churning, it must foster competition and take into account the real and tangible upfront costs associated with delivering life insurance advice, the validity ...

Competition for annuities likely to remain low

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
Competition in the annuities market will increase, but is likely to remain low over the short term as Challenger dominates about 95% of the market, a Credit Suisse report found. Credit Suisse said that Challenger's natural competitors, banks and life ...

FICAP Rockstar winners announced

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
The winners of the 2015 Finance Industry Community Aid Program (FICAP) Who Wants to be a Rockstar competition were crowned last night, with BlackRock's Adam Hess given the highest honour for his fiery performance of The Killers' Mr Brightside. Hess ...

Managers to battle for super pool offshore

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
Competition among fund managers for the ever growing pool of retirement funds is set to move away from Australia and into international markets. Tougher conditions locally and the limited capacity of the market to absorb the $1.9 trillion in superannuation ...

CMSF closes with focus on policy

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... equal representative nature and while also allowing for board development." He added: "We do not subscribe to the pure competition theory that any MySuper product should be allowed to be a default option for an employer." During the conference, Energy ...

FEATURE: How ETFs are changing adviser asset allocation thinking

LAURA MILLAN, ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
... respectively in 2014. While these categories will continue to grow, Bradbury expects more boutique products to emerge as competition increases in the sector and investors seek more nuanced solutions. "The evolution generally starts off with ETFs being ...

Super governance at centre stage

ANDREW BRAGG, FSC DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND GLOBAL MARKETS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... bumper year in financial services policy with super front and centre. Reforms to improve superannuation governance, competition and transparency appear to be the first cab off the rank. These reforms look likely to occur in a busy environment for the ...