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Calls for independent oversight on mortgage stress

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024
... financial regulatory framework and home ownership, HIA identified that a decade of additional costs has restricted competition among banks and made it increasingly expensive for them to lend to first home buyers. "Just as zero inflation is not the RBA's ...

Consultation begins on new merger notification thresholds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024
... begun consultation on proposed changes to merger notification thresholds as part of broader reforms designed to boost competition and productivity. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said in a joint statement said that they're designed to ensure the ACCC is informed ...

Vale Greg Bright

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024
... media partner, a union that continued through to the maiden issue of Financial Standard in 2003. Despite being in competition with Financial Standard, Bright remained one of its most loyal supporters - he never missed a MAX Awards, always offering his ...

AustralianSuper takes monster hit on Pluralsight

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024
... however, the impact of the COVID pandemic, volatile macroeconomic conditions, rising interest rates and increasing competition combined to create a very challenging environment for the company. "The combination of deteriorating sales revenue from US ...

Vanguard, Betashares, iShares neck and neck in battle for inflows

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024
Vanguard, Betashares, iShares, and VanEck have attracted most of the ETF inflows in Australia for 2024, with competition among these issuers fierce. Vanguard led with $4.07 billion in inflows, followed by local player Betashares with $3.98 billion ...

UK regulators propose framework for workplace pension schemes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024
... and to drive better value for money across the workplace defined contribution market through greater scrutiny and competition. FCA executive director of markets and international Sarah Pritchard noted that 16 million people save for their retirement ...

ASIC proposes cash equity clearing and settlement rules

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2024
... Group. The corporate regulator's release of the consultation paper marks the first exercise of its new powers under the competition in CS reforms. These reforms permit ASIC to establish rules for the activities, conduct, and governance arrangements of ...

Positives remain at Perpetual, says Morningstar

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2024
... also accounts for volume growth in wealth management and corporate trust, both of which Ler pointed out face less competition than the asset management business. However, he pointed out that details of the KKR deal remain unknown and, for it to be accretive ...

Treasury releases M&A draft reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2024
... processes. The reforms were flagged by the government back in April, in which it said the new rules would promote competition, protect consumers, and provide greater certainty by streamlining the approval process. The government is looking to create ...

Remediation professionals told to temper expectations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024
Remediation projects winding up at major firms has created a lot of competition in the job market for wealth compliance and risk candidates, according to a recent Kaizen Recruitment report. The past financial year has seen considerable changes in the ...