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Credit unions mount 'social' battle against banks

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
... in the mortgage market while almost 80% believe the same banks make excessive profits. "Balance Banking means more competition in Australia's banking market, a level playing field for smaller players to take on the big four banks and ultimately more ...

Fewer asset consultants dominate super fund space

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
... single consultant. In addition, each of the 10 largest funds has its own chief investment officer providing internal competition to the asset consultant's view. The figures also show that the market share of each of the major asset consultant firms is ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... 17 cents to $64.80; and Westpac rose two cents to $28.15. Virgin Australia shares fell one cent to $4.40 after the competition watchdog flagged it had some concerns about the airline's $35 million plan to buy a major stake in budget carrier Tiger Airways. ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
... cents to $1.21. Virgin Australia's $98 million plan to buy regional airline Skywest has been given the go-ahead by the competition watchdog. "That tie-up with Sky looks pretty good for the airlines. It doesn't look like there's going to be any competition ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... reports on Thursday. Meanwhile, Qantas shares were 2.25 cents stronger at 1040 AEDT, hitting $1.56, after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission gave interim authorisation of the airline's alliance with Emirates. The proposed alliance involves ...

Mobile payment market primed for innovation

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... account, 30% have a debit card and only 15% use a credit card. The global financial services company believes that competition for the potential market growth will lead to a development race, revealing clear winners and losers among the existing market ...

Retail Super Funds tank in satisfaction-stakes

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012
... average by 5 percentage points. As a result, Roy Morgan Research expects the sector to struggle against the increasing competition from Self Managed Super Funds and Industry Funds. Over the last 12 months, the research reveals further falls (by Retail ...

One-stop admin and investment shops target SMSFs

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2012
... to SMSFs, now represents 8% of total SMSF assets - up 45% over the last three years. The research points to growing competition between large-scale institutions (in this space) including AMP, BT, Commonwealth, MLC and Macquarie. Other companies to have ...

More good news for US housing market

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... substantial as it was in 2006 - 2007, the research also notes that the weight of capital has led to increasingly intense competition for core acquisitions and core lending. It's understood one of the goals of the Fed's ultra-accommodative monetary policy ...

Beware complex absolute return funds: Lonsec

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
... years, capitalising on the disappointing returns seen from traditional equity funds. While Lonsec welcomes further competition and product innovation in the sector, the research house warns that absolute return funds vary greatly in design, strategy ...