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Spaceship appoints new chief risk officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024
Spaceship has tapped a former ASIC and APRA operative to be its new chief risk officer. Maan Beydoun joined Spaceship this month in the role, following three years in a similar role at employee management software firm Flare HR. He brings over two decades' ...

Budget 2024: Regulators given boost to combat misconduct, cybersecurity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
The government will provide $17.3 million over four years to ASIC and APRA to combat greenwashing and other related financial misconduct and help further develop Australia's sustainable finance market. In a bid to promote the development of sustainable ...

Australian Food Super closes failed investment option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
Australian Food Super, previously known as the Australian Meat Industry Superannuation Trust, is closing its Shares product, which failed last year's Your Future, Your Super test. Effective May 27, Australian Food Super is terminating the Shares option ...

UniSuper restores online services, app

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024
UniSuper's systems are back online, after close to two weeks of disruption following the deletion of its private cloud. In an update today, UniSuper chief executive Peter Chun said online services across the fund's website and app have been ...

'Just do what you say you'll do': ASIC's message to trustees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
ASIC commissioner Simone Constant says the regulator's new report on exorbitant advice fee deductions is not a criticism of advisers, rather of trustees failing basic obligations, with more still needing to be done by the reviewed funds some 12 ...

Quality of retirement does not depend on super balance: Bragg

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
The Senate Economics Committee has handed down its Interim Report into existing and proposed super for housing policies. Chair of the Senate Economics Committee Senator Andrew Bragg said the Inquiry was recalibrated to assess how policy could improve ...

APRA 'continuing to monitor' UniSuper outage

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024
UniSuper has commenced the restoration of its services, as APRA confirms it is monitoring the situation which arose when the fund's private cloud was inadvertently deleted. In a brief statement to Financial Standard, APRA said it is "aware of the ...

Performance test needs better metrics, durability

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024
The superannuation performance test has several shortcomings that must be addressed in Treasury's latest round of consultation so it is fair and sustainable, the Actuaries Institute Summit heard. Mercer associate Kieran Chu said while the Your Future ...

Former APRA chair joins ASX board

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024
ASX chair Damien Roche has announced former APRA chair Wayne Byres will join the ASX board, effective today, as non-executive director. Roche said he was delighted to welcome Byres to the board, and he looked forward to "drawing on his deep financial ...

Actuaries Institute proposes new performance test measure

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024
The Actuaries Institute has proposed revising the annual superannuation performance test, so it better aligns trustees' investments with the best financial interests of members. In its Treasury submission, the Institute said the test should include ...