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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 ...

PE firm sells CyberCX to Accenture

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2025
... network security. CyberCX also has offices in New Zealand, London and New York. "Joining Accenture's global cybersecurity organisation enables our exceptional people to combine forces with global capabilities and provide world-leading cybersecurity ...

Magellan rebrands investment business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025
... Magellan's site says: "On 8 August 2025, Magellan Financial Group became aware of claims suggesting a potential cybersecurity incident involving our data. Our IT security team is conducting a thorough investigation to determine the validity of these ...

ASIC sues Fortnum Private Wealth

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2025
ASIC is suing Fortnum Private Wealth for allegedly failing to manage and comply with its cybersecurity obligations that exposed the information of its financial advisers and clients. In the NSW Supreme Court, ASIC alleges Fortnum exposed its authorised ...

Super funds, banks say cybersecurity is now their biggest concern

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2025
APRA's 2025 Stakeholder Survey shows that cyber security risk has emerged as the topmost concern in financial services. The survey, which gathered responses from 262 financial institutions, revealed that the threat of cyber security was listed as a ...