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HUB24 takes stake in Finura Digital

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2025
... advice firms who recognise the productivity gains Advice Designer delivers," Worn said. "This investment positions us well to scale as demand grows." HUB24 director, strategic development Jason Entwistle commented: "HUB24 is committed to collaborating ...

Japanese insurer acquires stake in Barings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
... opportunity to accelerate growth. "Building on MassMutual's continued support, Barings will combine growth capital with our scale and expertise in public and private markets to drive our long-term strategy and deliver solutions for clients," he said. ...

SMC makes recommendations to safeguard super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2025
... involved in the collapses of Shield and First Guardian. ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court said the misconduct was on an "industrial scale." SMC said the First Guardian and Shield collapses laid bare what's at stake when Australians are urged to switch their ...

Former ASIC chair, FASEA chief launch trustee

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2025
... build lasting confidence." Super Trustees Australia said it is also focused on harnessing the latest technology to "provide scale, assurance and flexibility while preserving identity and independence". It said this is an area where a lot of smaller and ...

Estimated CSLR levy comes in at $127m for FY27

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2025
... platforms and advisers, is "significantly below" the estimated number of impacted investors, which is 11,800. "The rate and scale of firm failures aren't slowing. The number of impacted consumers continues to rise, and the proportionate negative ...

Agentic AI adoption 'crucial' for future success: Capgemini

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2025
... including ANZ and TAL Australia, AI is playing an increasingly important role yet only 10% of organisations having adopted AI at scale, including across capital markets, P&C insurance, and retail banking segments. Wealth management and life insurance ...

APRA to continue crackdown on super fund expenditure

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... immediately apparent and couldn't be reasonably justified. We have since sought information from 14 trustees of varying scale and differing business models, and reviewed thousands of documents relating to discretionary expenditure, including in relation ...

SQM Research faces court over 'favourable' rating of Shield

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... the assigned ratings, stating that they reflected "an investment grade" classification but were at the lower end of the scale. "SQM Research assigned ratings between 3.5 and 3.75 stars out of 5 to the above-mentioned funds over their lifecycle. These ...

UniSuper commits over $760m to Macquarie AM's infra strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025
... as well as our ability to identify and act on opportunities fast," Lee said. "We believe DynaGrid is poised to grow and scale its business underpinned by strong structural tailwinds as US utilities invest to expand and harden the electricity grid. "We ...

BlackRock to launch first active income-focused ETF

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025
... approximately US$140 trillion bond market-underscoring the opportunity ahead. ICME combines active management with iShares' scale and innovation to help meet evolving investor needs."