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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 ...

The die is cast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... (http://www.wsj.com/articles/ecb-faces-struggle-in-sourcing-enough-bonds-for-qe-1424868462) Add the ECB's demand to "Competition for purchases may come from banks requiring bonds to meet regulatory rules, pension funds that need to match their liabilities ...

Big four banks missing out on customer wealth management

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... industry funds. "With superannuation being the major component of wealth management, the big banks are facing tough competition from the trend to self-managed super, industry funds and other specialist providers," Morris said. "With funds in superannuation ...

Performance competition returning to default super

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
... performance index holding steady on 8.3% during October to December masks something more subtle - the return of performance competition into superannuation and the strong debut of life stage investing. SelectingSuper's December performance figures released ...

Consumers need super default safety net: ISA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
... Consumers need the protection of a default superannuation fund safety net despite calls for deregulation to increase competition, Industry Super Australia (ISA) said. The body representing some industry super funds argued that efforts to deploy competitive ...

UK pension funds required to warn consumers

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... such as the Government's new Pension Wise scheme or regulated advice. Christopher Woolard, director of strategy and competition at the FCA said, "The decisions consumers make about what to do with their pension pot are important and in some instances ...

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 ...