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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 ...

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 ...