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Quinbrook, CATL to build battery storage solution

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has partnered with global firm Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) to build a new long-duration battery storage solution backed by superannuation funds.

abrdn embraces letter 'E' again

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
While it remains averse to capital letters, abrdn will add back the three vowels it removed from its name in 2021.

REITs to finally see 'watershed' moment: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
Australian REITs are set to experience a "watershed" moment as nearly three years of bearish sentiment finally comes to an end, according to Morgan Stanley.

Aussie dividends underperform on global scale: Janus Henderson

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
Australian dividends fell significantly, with key companies cutting payouts amid surging economic pressures, dipping behind other large players including the US, Canada, France, Japan and China, Janus Henderson Investors' new report shows.

BNP Paribas wins new custody mandate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025
BNP Paribas' Securities Services business has been chosen by Medibank Private to provide custody and fund administration services.

Younger women embrace geared strategies: Data

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025
Australians - particularly young women - are increasingly gearing their investments, with the growth of those using such strategies outpacing the overall online investor population, according to new research.

Active ETF issuance forebodes bigger market share: Expert

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025
Active ETFs are tipped to boom in the near term as the unprecedented rate at which they are issued shows they will take the sector by storm, according to J.P. Morgan Asset Management.

Financial services chips away at gender pay gap: WGEA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025
The financial services sector made a fractional improvement on its gender pay disparity, reporting a 22.2% gap on a median and average basis, the latest Workplace Gender Equality Agency's (WGEA) report shows.

Insignia Financial takes $53.5m profit hit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025
Insignia has elected not to exercise an early repayment request on subordinated loan notes from NAB, instead choosing to take a profit hit.

KKR backs Aussie GPs with financing deal

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2025
KKR - via its Asia Pacific Credit strategy - is investing in Family Doctor, a group of general practitioner (GP) clinics across Australia.