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PE firm sells CyberCX to Accenture

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2025
Accenture will acquire trans-Tasman cyber security firm CyberCX from private equity firm BGH Capital. Founded in Melbourne in 2019, CyberCX has about 1400 employees and provides consulting, transformation and managed security services, as well as offensive ...

Iress adds AI chief to drive innovation

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2025
Iress is strengthening its focus on artificial intelligence (AI), welcoming an inaugural chief AI officer. Based in Iress' Sydney office, Daniel Ashley has commenced his role and will take charge of its cross-functional team focused on leveraging AI ...

Unemployment falls, more women enter the workforce

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2025
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 4.2% in July, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "With employment rising by 25,000 people and the number of unemployed decreasing by 10,000 people, the unemployment rate ...

Mercer Super sued over 'longstanding and systemic' failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025
Mercer Super allegedly failed to report seven investigations it undertook into serious member services failures, including one into premiums charged to dead members being refunded incorrectly. Lodged with the Federal Court today, the proceedings allege ...

High-risk super options pay off: Morningstar

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025
Superannuation funds delivered strong performance in Q2 2025, particularly among higher-risk options, according to Morningstar's inaugural Superannuation 360 Quarterly report. The report found that Aggressive and Growth peer group averages led the way ...

ASIC to review RG97 to boost property supply

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
ASIC is reviewing the need for superannuation funds to include stamp duty payments in fee disclosures in a bid to boost their investment in property. Super funds have long held concerns that obligations under Regulatory Guide 97: Disclosing fees and ...

Elanor rebuffs Lederer's governance concerns

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
Elanor Investors Group has clapped back at potential acquirer Lederer Group for making "inaccurate assertions" about its governance and management capabilities. In providing an update on the proposed acquisition of its ASX-listed Elanor Commercial Property ...

Account number issue causes angst, undue admin work: FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
Flaws in Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) Tranche 1 has inundated financial advisers with angst and more administrative work thanks to confusion surrounding account number inclusion in consent forms, according to the Financial Advice Association ...

PC suggests removing excessive entry requirements for advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
In its fourth of five papers addressing productivity hurdles in Australia's economy ahead of the government's Economic Reform Roundtable, the Productivity Commission (PC) has recommended paring back some of the entry requirements that have impacted ...

CBA sets aside $52m for remediation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) said it has provisioned $52 million for remediation purposes as it finalises various class actions, including those related to superannuation and advice. CBA said the group is still defending two superannuation class ...