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Australian businesses most worried about possible recession: Survey

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
... rising geopolitical tensions, influencing elections and global markets, and threatening critical infrastructure and cybersecurity, Zurich said. Notably, extreme weather events, which were ranked as the fifth biggest risk by G20 leaders in 2024, did not ...

Super moves: ART, AustralianSuper, Rest, Unisuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
... years of leadership experience in financial services, spanning technology, digital products, software development, cybersecurity, data and stakeholder engagement. Todd has previously held senior roles at IRESS, IOOF Holdings, Standard & Poor's and ...

FEATURE: Fund admin | Tight Ship

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... member. But that's coming at the tradeoff of the quality of service and things like the proper level of investment in cybersecurity and protection against crime and so on. So, it is a balance," she says. "Trustees have an obligation to ensure they're ...

Aware Super promotes technology chief to C-suite

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025
... industry leader in digital by continuing to enhance our personalised member experience and remaining vigilant about our cybersecurity protections." "This appointment demonstrates how integral AI, data and technology is in supporting our strategic priorities ...

GROW recruits HESTA exec to lead product push

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2025
... spans startups and IPO-stage enterprises through to ASX-50 companies in communications, retail, medtech, fintech and cybersecurity. He joins from cyber-risk SaaS platform UpGuard, where as global vice president he led the people and culture function ...

Feature: Digital advice | Sleeping giant

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
... weigh on super funds' minds, outpacing any urgency they might place on delivering digital advice. Tightening cybersecurity controls is high on the list, as is sorting out death benefit claims that administrators and ultimately trustees don't ...

FEATURE: Problem detected

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
... organisations, including some of our biggest institutional investors, falling well below the standard when it comes to cybersecurity. It doesn't bode well, given cybersecurity risks are increasing. Constant advancements in artificial intelligence ...

Geopolitics, AI tests prudential regulation: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
In addition to "worsening" cybersecurity risks, geopolitical volatility and artificial intelligence (AI) are creating "unacceptable prudential risks" for APRA. APRA member Therese McCarthy Hockey said geopolitical risk has become a "risk accelerant" ...

Super funds test cybersecurity resilience

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2025
Still reeling from the coordinated cyberattack in April, superannuation funds will test their cybersecurity resilience and see what lessons they have learned under a drill provided by the Gateway Network Governance Body (GNGB). Taking place on Thursday ...

APRA sets higher cybersecurity expectations for trustees

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2025
... prove to have basic measures in place. The prudential regulator is leaning into trustees' ability to manage cybersecurity risks, particularly in the areas of multi-factor authentication (MFA) and third-party arrangements. "APRA will prioritise targeted ...