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APRA dissects retirement products for the first time

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2025
More than 200 retirement products managing $490 billion in members' retirement savings have come under the watchful eye of prudential regulator APRA for the first time. APRA's latest statistics for the March 2025 period breaks down the state ...

SMC backs principles-based approach to corporate governance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
Super Members Council (SMC) has championed the flexibility of a principles-based approach to corporate governance as essential for effective oversight, risk management, and accountability, warning against a 'tick-the-box' approach in its submission ...

Investors face headwinds in integrating physical climate risks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2025
... risks are poorly understood or underpriced. "Current market practice largely relies on climate scenarios and integrated assessment models that are 'inherently uncertain, particularly on multi-decade timespans with potential tipping points and second- ...

Super funds to take stock of information security controls

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... data and assets they protect." As such, APRA has issued all super funds an assignment. All RSEs must perform a self-assessment of their existing information security controls, which must include evaluating the effectiveness of authentication controls ...

Cointree hit with AUSTRAC fine

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
... more serious regulatory response," he said. In 2024, AUSTRAC released the Money Laundering in Australia National Risk Assessment which identified the digital currency exchange (DCE) sector as being vulnerable to money laundering due to its speed, global ...

Australian Ethical calls out QBE

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... despite this, QBE's policy allows it to continue to underwrite new oil and gas projects without any restrictions, or assessment of Paris alignment. "This is out of step with its industry peers and IEA analysis that states no new oil and gas should ...

Vado Private announces senior hire

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
... Vado Private and deep relationships with investors and borrowers. "Importantly, Mr Zukerman will assist in our credit assessment practices and oversee all the funds we develop, and he will also work on capital raisings, including engaging with investors ...

MSCI, Moody's launch private credit risk tool

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2025
... investment landscape while highlighting the need for increased transparency, consistent standards and independent risk assessment.

New government must prioritise payday super: SMC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2025
... full day 1 end state of full compliance," the submission read. The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) recent risk assessment report stated that the suitability of NPP for business-to-business (B2B) payments has not been properly assessed yet. Gateway ...

Bullock hushes rate cut expectations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2025
... May monetary policy meeting. "There are a lot of moving parts. We are bringing all this together to form an objective assessment of what it means for the outlook for domestic activity and inflation here at home," she said. "We are mindful of not adding ...