During the first week of the early super release payments scheme trustees paid members $1.3 billion, according to data....
Lower superannuation fund returns over the long term may see financial planners forced to change their traditional advice model around superannuation, particularly for th...
Self-managed superannuation funds have been weathering the COVID-19 storm, writes Mike Taylor, but should be alert to the price they may be asked to pay as part of the re...
Data needs to be collected on the fees paid to lawyers on group life insurance claims, according to the Association of Financial Advisers....
Risk specialists, Australian Financial Risk Management have hit back at plaintiff law firm Maurice Blackburn suggesting it has criticised risks advisers on the basis of s...
Risk advisers need to explain why consumers can be worse off taking advised insurance when compared to those taking group insurance within superannuation, according to pl...
Superannuation funds will have to file weekly reports with the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority on the impacts of the Government’s hardship early release progra...
The vast majority of eligible Australians should receive early superannuation payments within five business days, according to Australian Prudential Regulation Authority ...
Faced with the uncertainties of COVID-19 the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has suspended new licensing for banks, insurers and superannuation funds....
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission was only conducting five investigations relating to industry funds compared to 16 relating to retail funds. ...
Superannuation funds have received a letter from the two financial services regulators telling them to give top priority to having sufficient liquidity to make early rele...
Superannuation funds are being asked key questions around their liquidity position in the face of COVID-19....
Both AustralianSuper and UniSuper have been reported as having imposed a downward revaluation of their unlisted assets....
The Federal Treasury has made clear it expects the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority to scrutinise any fee increases imposed by superannuation funds which then b...
Superannuation industry executives have acknowledged the potential for funds to run into liquidity issues because of the downturn and risk to jobs in the travel, hospital...
The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...