APRA
Financial planning
Industry fund trustees and executives believe SMSFs are not being appropriately regulated by the ATO and should fall under the watch of APRA....
Editorial
ASIC has signalled it will be closely examining the claims-handling of the major life/risk insurers, but Mike Taylor asks whether the regulator is simply the policeman wh...
Funds management
Global stock market volatility and pressure from APRA will prompt investors to enter the small and medium-sized enterprise debt market, says FundX....
Editorial
Industry funds who have been alleging the banks offer inducements to employers to select particular default funds need to be careful what they wish for....
Financial planning
The latest Australian Prudential Regulation Authority data points to life insurers being in generally better shape....
Superannuation
Industry Super Australia has sought to reignite its campaign to ensure retail super funds are compelled to include all investment options on product dashboards....
Funds management
APRA chairman, Wayne Byres, warns that investment products with higher than average costs are going to have to justify them with better returns....
Superannuation
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has signalled that super fund directors should normally serve no more than three terms....
Superannuation
A superannuation fund industry survey has revealed most believe that SMSFs should be regulated by APRA....
Superannuation
Retail super fund managers are likely to have an anxious Christmas, with more than one in four members reporting they are likely to switch funds over the next five years....
Financial planning
The FSC has congratulated Helen Rowell on her new appointment as APRA full-time deputy chair, and pointed to her consultative approach in her dealings with the industry a...
Financial planning
APRA has appointed former Suncorp Life CEO, Geoff Summerhayes as a member, while Helen Rowell has been appointed full-time deputy chair until 2018. ...
Editorial
The Financial Services Council’s Blake Briggs argues that the Government’s changes to super fund governance arrangements and default funds will ultimately help consumers....
Superannuation
The Financial Services Council brands Labor Senators ‘desperate’ and ‘feeble’ for attacking APRA executive, Helen Rowell....
Superannuation
Labor Senators Sam Dastyari and Chris Ketter have attacked APRA’s Helen Rowell over her speech supporting the Government’s super governance changes....
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