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APRA dissects retirement products for the first time

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2025
... entering retirement, there is a critical need for more detailed retirement product information to help foster greater competition and innovation." "The performance of retirement products is vital to the retirement incomes received by Australians. The ...

APRA acknowledges need to reduce regulatory burden

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
... to strike the right balance between financial safety and not unnecessarily burdening industry in a way that lessens competition and productivity - a message that once again our regulated entities want to remind us about. "These reflections, alongside ...

Select stocks in charge of their own destiny: Aoris

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... surprise, L'Oreal views this as an opportunity to grow. "What they [L'Oreal] told us is that they actually embrace competition," Entchev said. "You want competition to be strong, which also prevents us from being complacent... everyone benefits from ...

Investor optimism premature, fund flows in firing line

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
... stronger long-term track record-faces near-term challenges, demonstrating the difficulty to consistently outperform. Competition remains intense, and firms will need to improve investment performance, realign incentive structures, pursue strategic partnerships ...

Australian Ethical, CEFC pour $30m into climate tech venture

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025
... technology essential to climate transition. "... including rapid prototyping, manufacturing, and exposure to market competition. The climate tech space in Australia is vibrant, and this is an important time to back innovative companies making breakthroughs ...

ASIC launches fresh inquiry into ASX

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025
... to the panel in the coming weeks. It will include secondees from the Reserve Bank of Australia, APRA and Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. ASIC will publish a report of the outcome of the inquiry, which will inform the next steps it may ...

State Street's plan for power, product, partnerships

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... market's FUM. By December 2024, its share had fallen to 3.9%. Anderson said it was "important for us to create some more competition around fees," leading SSGA to slash the management costs of six of its ETFs last June - by 30% to 60%. Three of those ...

Commodities 'crucial' for portfolio resilience: QIC

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
... by trends emerging from evolving global dynamics. The return of inflation threats, increasing geopolitical risk and competition, supply chain volatility, and greater demand for diversification remain as key factors, with QIC saying commodities be a "useful ...

Australian firms may face 'intense competition': RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
... Australia (RBA) deputy governor Andrew Hauser said the effects of US President Donald Trump's tariffs may increase competition for Australian firms operating in China. Hauser said he visited China just after Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs and while ...

Size of super impacting capital markets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... one end of the self-managed super side, and then we're seeing a concentration the other side, we're seeing competition for funds through the professional managed markets." Lee said this increasing turnover makes it "challenging and difficult ...