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Institutions must raise the bar on cybersecurity resilience: APRA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2023
Insights from APRA expose a lack of compliance with cybersecurity obligations is leaving hundreds of institutions open to financial crime. The regulator plans to have assessed more than 300 banks, insurers and super trustees' compliance with CPS 234 ...

HESTA generates 9.59% investment return

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2023
... performance, bolstered by solid corporate profits and a sharp rebound in technology stocks. Despite these gains, interest rate sensitive assets such as bonds, property, and infrastructure struggled, encumbered by rate rises from central banks combatting ...

Frontier calls for better unlisted asset valuations

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2023
Frontier Advisors is collaborating with Australian asset owners to hold fund managers to account regarding the accurate valuation of unlisted assets. The consulting firm was spurned to action amid robust growth in the superannuation sector, with an ...

AustralianSuper posts solid return for FY23

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2023
... geopolitical tensions, and rising inflationary pressures. Delaney cautioned ongoing economic challenges amid a higher interest rate environment. "There are challenges ahead in the higher interest rate environment and there are headwinds to economic growth ...

RBA pause short but sweet: Mousina

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2023
The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision to hold the cash rate at 4.1% is a relief, but likely only a temporary one. AMP Australia deputy chief economist Diana Mousina told Financial Standard the RBA decided to hold and observe the impacts ...

Wage increases shouldn't equal rate hikes

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2023
Former Labor MP Stephen Conroy has vetoed the idea that wage increases should drive further hikes and said the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is looking to put the nail in the coffin of the Australian economy. In an interview with Sky News ahead of ...

Cadence secures $55m for new fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2023
... retail sectors of Australia, looking to derive a return from both income and capital growth and targeting net equity internal rate of returns (IRRs) of 12%+ p.a. Once acquired, Cadence will look to actively add value to the properties to enhance the ...

Bentham opens fund to retail investors

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2023
The Bentham Global Opportunities Fund is now available to retail investors for a minimum of $10,000. Launched over six years ago, the fund invests in a multi-sector global portfolio of credit securities, including global high-yield bonds, global syndicated ...

Rising costs bite asset owners

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023
The cost to do business for asset owners is becoming more expensive, as many report a 34% jump in fund servicing expenses over the last three years as they also grapple with lower management fees. The Investors' Costs and Fees report compiled by ...

Technology top threat to company culture: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023
New and emerging technology is the biggest threat to company culture within financial services firms, more than 60% of senior leaders say. According to a report by Allen & Overy (A&O Consulting), Organisational culture in financial services, 62% of ...