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Superannuation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has told superannuation funds they need to more clearly explain where and why they are spending members’ money, particularl...

Life/Risk

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission appears to have been successful in persuading a key Parliamentary Committee of its view on life/risk advice and lapse...

Policy & Regulation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has signalled its caution with respect to Financial Services Council lobbying for insurers to be allowed to mortgage the as...

People & Products

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has appointed highly experienced executive, Therese McCarthy-Hockey to the newly-created role of Executive General Manager,...

Superannuation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has revealed ‘preliminary analysis’ confirming that super funds with more independent directors generate better outcomes....

Superannuation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has signalled its support for Government legislation that will deliver greater transparency about where industry funds are ...

Financial planning

The latest Australian Prudential Regulation Authority life insurance industry data has portrayed an industry struggling to return to its better years of profitability....

Policy & Regulation

Three senior legal academics will today tell a Parliamentary Committee that there exists a risk that the Bank Executive Accountability Regime will change the way in which...

Life/Risk

The life insurance industry will be required to use uniform definitions following work by APRA and ASIC which found meaningful comparisons could not be made under current...

Life/Risk

The latest Australian Prudential Regulation Authority analysis points to a life/risk industry still struggling to return to normal levels of profitability....

Superannuation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has directly challenged the unquestioned appointment of union and employer nominees to superannuation fund boards....

Superannuation

Super funds trustees need to use big data to provide concrete evidence that they understand their members’ needs, according to Milliman....

Policy & Regulation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority chairman, Wayne Byres has signalled the regulator is considering where else in the financial services industry the Bank Exe...

Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’s probe into the Commonwealth Bank may be unprecedented but its outcome will fall far short of many...

Policy & Regulation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has appointed the former chair of APRA and the ACCC to the special panel appointed to probe the Commonwealth Bank....

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5 months 3 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

8 months ago

The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

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ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

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The Federal Court has made interim travel restraint orders against two Falcon Capital directors, while also freezing one director’s assets....

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