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Bank cross-sell growing but slowly

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... the relatively slow improvement in bank customer wallet share were "lack of incentive for customers to consolidate, competition from specialists providers such as for superannuation and insurance, lack of product awareness, some concern regarding the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
... Frontiers Conference begins. In equities news, the Federal Court is expected to release its judgment in Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's case against Coles over shopper docket fuel discounts. In Australia, the market on Tuesday closed ...

Bank ads confusing: research

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... should not be overlooked by the FSI. "The FSI's terms of reference include meeting the needs of users and driving competition. One step in the right direction will be to mandate advertisements that people can understand."

Super sector eyes Qld ports and generators

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... of Port of Newcastle for $1.75 billion, more than double its projected price. This suggests there will be intense competition over the lease of Queensland's ports. Some in the superannuation industry are concerned that the degree of interest is leading ...

Kerr Neilson: Against the grain

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
... on. "Investing is like passive hunting. It's great fun! So the key here is that you're always trying to outrun the competition, you're always trying to find a new angle on something," he says. "The more you see, the more you think you can see. You build ...

Don't be afraid of sales, industry funds told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
... Superannuation Trustees (AIST), Wilkinson said industry funds can no longer hide behind low fees and the awards system. "The competition are not coming; they're here, and they're here to stay. The retail funds are coming here now very aggressively. As ...

Budget speech 2014 -15

... now, we will build a truly world-class higher education system and a workforce that can meet head-on the emerging competition in Asia. If we all contribute now, we will build a sustainable welfare system that helps the most disadvantaged and supports ...

FSI to focus on the technology challenge

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... Sydney. Murray said that the most frequent issues raised in the first submissions to the inquiry were regulation, competition, consumer outcomes, ageing and super, banking and technology. He said that the inquiry will be looking at technology, but not ...

Industry funds must learn from banks: Equip

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... factors mean the industry fund sector is "under siege" from the retail sector. "There's never been greater stress and competition in the marketplace than there is at the moment. The barbarians are at the gate. Commercial funds and retail banks are getting ...

Cbus answers CFMEU leak allegations

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
Industry fund Cbus has said the disclosure of member information to 'sponsoring organisations' is allowable under certain circumstances, followingA reports that it improperly supplied members' contact details to the Construction, Forestry, Mining and ...