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Super, insurance, and bank boards' 'poor practices' targeted by APRA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
The boards of superannuation trustees, insurers, and banks are on notice, with APRA proposing changes to "strengthen and streamline" governance requirements. The regulator has released eight proposals in what marks the first "significant update" of ...

Aussie ETF market tipped to hit $300bn in 2025

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... really achieved the scale and the track record yet," J.P. Morgan AM global head of ETFs Travis Spence told Financial Standard. Spence also added that although active ETFs only comprise 7% of the global ETF market today, "we're going to see the percentage ...

Large financial firms falling behind on AI adoption

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... executive Mike Kollo. Kollo - who is in Sydney preparing to present at the upcoming AM Tech Day Summit - told Financial Standard that larger institutions have spent too long being wary of the technology. "Large institutions have a lot of people, a lot ...

Quinbrook, CATL to build battery storage solution

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... Wales, Queensland, and Northern Territory. The battery is expected to have an eight-hour duration, which is double the standard battery energy storage system's (BESS) four hours. "This is a result of a two year-technical collaboration with CATL ...

abrdn embraces letter 'E' again

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
... in 2021. Overnight, it was announced that abrdn will be renamed aberdeen group and trade as aberdeen. In April 2021, Standard Life Aberdeen changed its name to abrdn to reflect a more modern brand, with then chief executive Stephen Bird describing it ...

Stockspot officially launches low-cost super offering

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
Stockspot Super has launched to the public, a move first flagged by Financial Standard in May 2024. Stockspot said the offering is Australia's first fully transparent, ETF-only superannuation product, which has been designed to keep costs low and provide ...

Insurance through superannuation stages a comeback

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025
... under the spotlight, particularly the time superannuation funds take to process and pay out insurance benefits. Financial Standard recently reported on a family's ordeal with Rest, struggling to access an insurance payout for a terminally ill loved ...

Active ETF issuance forebodes bigger market share: Expert

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025
... really achieved the scale and the track record yet," J.P. Morgan AM global head of ETFs Travis Spence told Financial Standard. "That's one of the reasons why we think that as active ETFs continue to develop, scale, and gain track record, we're ...

Global tech companies eyeing super funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2025
... capabilities to our super funds next week for the AM Tech Day summit. Invartis Consulting country head Nigel Janz told Financial Standard these global tech companies see a huge opportunity in Australia. Janz said the tech companies' range in their capabilities ...

SMA Reporting Standard launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2025
The SMA Reporting Standard (SMARS) has launched to address the complexities and confusion over fee structures in the separately managed accounts (SMAs) sector. SMARS is spearheaded by the Adviser Ratings Group and operates as a separate entity, SMA ...