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State Street's plan for power, product, partnerships

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... success. "What ultimately needs to be part of the equation is a compelling, straightforward set of products, an ability to deal effectively with the adviser community, to be able to anticipate their needs in a world where they also have demands, and ...

ASIC shrinks IPO timetable to boost listings

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... process underscores our commitment to ensuring our public markets remain attractive to companies and investors. "Greater deal certainty for companies should help deliver more IPOs, which means more investment opportunities so companies can expand, increase ...

Regulators note advances in life insurers' practices

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
... regulators also noted that life companies reviewed their risk governance practices, leading to "some improvements to better deal with the risks identified in the review. Regarding marketing and disclosures, the regulators said life companies should be ...

Link Wealth acquires boutique advice firm

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
Link Wealth's national expansion is continuing to progress, acquiring financial advice firm Xponential Advisory a few months after taking a majority stake in Sky Advisers. The acquisition will see the integration of more than 185 client families across ...

Super moves: TCorp, ESSSuper, Funds SA, Team Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
TCorp has promoted Tim Dai to manager of infrastructure, real assets and private markets investments. Dai previously served as a senior associate advising the New South Wales government on complex commercial transactions, leveraging his analytical skills ...

Private credit market has lenders sweating

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
... sector's growth. "While concern is elevating around the lack of compliance and regulation in the non-bank lending space, we do deal with many established and sophisticated counterparts in the non-bank space," he said. Morningstar also noted that the ...

Global stock markets rally, but Trump's next post could flip the script

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... 90-day pause with China," he said. "That reduced tariffs on both sides by more than 100% with a view to a more meaningful deal in the next few months. That was followed by a similar pause with Europe." The market, he added, was also encouraged by a more ...

ASIC alleges Choosi flogged Hannover life insurance products

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
ASIC has taken Choosi to the Federal Court for allegedly failing to provide a range of comparable options on life and funeral insurance policies to customers and instead flogging products solely from Hannover Life Re. From at least 1 July 2019 and to ...

ASIC blasts managed funds' poor compliance plans

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
... that most plans did not address the obligation to periodically report IDR data to ASIC, as about 40% of the plans did not deal with the DDO requirements at all. The regulator also found shortcomings of the audit process. While compliance plan audits ...

Life insurers report another profitable quarter

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
... tarred by delays, miscommunication, and inconsistent decision-making in claims. Inadequate resourcing and staff levels to deal with the volume of claims received in the industry, especially following natural disasters when claim volumes increase, has ...