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Cybercriminals attack major super funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
Cybercriminals attempted to breach the systems of several superannuation funds over the weekend, although most attacks were repelled, thousands have been affected. Rest said fewer than 1% of its members have been affected by unauthorised activity on ...

Market turmoil hits portfolios

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
... a few months ago that American exceptionalism was the topic du jour and the appetite for US assets with a negative equity risk premium was near-insatiable. Now, with Trump's new 'Liberation Day' tariffs representing a seismic shift to global trade, we ...

Apex wins $7bn super admin mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
... include retail master trusts, corporate funds including defined benefits, platforms or wraps, pooled superannuation trusts, and risk-only superannuation funds. Diversa had $13.3 billion in total assets under management across its subplans at the end ...

Pendal's Blayney lands at HESTA

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... the exit of Michael Sommers who left two months ago after a three-year stint managing the strategic asset allocation and risk budgeting process. As for the second recruit, Catherall will report to senior technology and digital strategist Peter Lawrence. ...

New gig for Challenger's ESG specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... integration, particularly the management of ESG risks in their investment portfolios. O'Meara started her career as a risk and compliance analyst within the EY consulting practice before moving to the Pendal Group after three years. She joined Challenger ...

Sue Brake joins Aware Super committee

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... has over 25 years in leadership roles and is a globally recognised expert and published author on investment management and risk management. A director of NZ Super, she currently advises large asset owners on a range of investment-related issues. She ...

The super fund scouring the dark web to protect members

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... compromised identity could result in financial harm, including the loss of superannuation savings, a particularly prominent risk given the volume of members' personal data available for sale. This super fund is fighting back with a novel approach. The ...

APRA hits ANZ with $1bn capital penalty

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... (APRA) has accepted a Court Enforceable Undertaking (CEU) from ANZ to address ongoing weaknesses in the bank's non-financial risk management practices and risk culture. APRA also increased the capital add-on applied to ANZ from $750 million to $1 billion. ...

Investors called on to help end modern slavery

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... positively impact the lives of the workers and all value to businesses. "We need to strike a balance of proportionality and good risk management. I understand the need for a policy environment which directors can discharge the duties with clarity and ...

ASIC tiptoes around private markets intervention

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
ASIC chair Joe Longo is keeping all options open before the corporate watchdog is forced to intervene in the private markets, he told the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) this morning. Longo said ASIC is prepared to engage with ...