Knowledge
NMG Consulting offers clients an ‘information advantage’ drawn from our own research and analysis and our work with global industry leaders. Here’s some of our best thinking
November 30, 2022
Advice. A second chance for banks
The underlying competitive advantages enjoyed by banks, coupled with changing regulatory settings could combine to enable the previously unthinkable, the (sensible) return of Australian banks to retail advice.
November 21, 2022
Outsized capabilities, outsized impact
The effects of climate change are increasingly evident. Who better than re/insurers – blessed with the advantages of data, expertise, and balance sheets – to play an outsized role in driving broad-based adaptation to changing global climate, as well as the transition to net zero?
October 10, 2022
Pricing strategies for an emerging normal
Medical schemes generated excess reserves during the pandemic, most intending to return these to members in future years. The approach taken to giving back by individual medical schemes could significantly impact their near-term competitiveness and sustainability.
September 27, 2022
The Age of the Titans is upon us
There’s been a lot said over the past few years about “rise of the (superannuation) titans”. ‘The Titans’, having now well and truly risen, and with the contributing industry and regulatory conditions generally well understood, we thought it worth a discussion on what comes next.
September 14, 2022
The cascading benefits of good strategy
That institutional customers would look for long-term relationships with ‘good partners’ is both intuitive and uncontroversial: broadly, and across industries. Less well appreciated perhaps is that core to successful long-term partnerships is a well-formulated, effectively communicated strategy.
September 13, 2022
A future industry structure
Advice propositions today are largely based on providing consumers with comprehensive advice (considering a wide range of the consumer’s financial needs, circumstances and products) on an ongoing basis and consumers have either accepted that or not engaged at all.
