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The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) is consulting with industry on plans to expand the breadth and granularity of the superannuation data it publishes....
Financial planning
Following months of discussion and consultation, Treasury has released its final report into the Retirement Income Covenant, stating it is confident superannuation truste...
Financial planning
The new Financial Accountability Regime between APRA and ASIC will have clearly defined roles to avoid duplicate reporting to multiple agencies....
Superannuation
Margaret Cole says the pressure on trustees from the 2021 Choice Heatmap will lead to the removal of weaker performing products and drive better returns and transparency ...
Superannuation
Despite questions being raised about the appropriateness and accuracy of the prudential regulator’s heatmaps, they do underscore the importance of advice, the Financial S...
Superannuation
The prudential regulator has published its annual MySuper heatmap along with the first Choice heatmap....
Financial planning
Whether or not a client is interested in responsible investing will be moot as climate change will need to be considered by advisers as part of best interests duty, accor...
Policy & Regulation
The prudential regulator has released its practice guide on climate change financial risks which will assist banks, insurers and superannuation trustees to manage the fin...
Life/Risk
Despite some improvements in risk product profits, group lump sum and group disability income insurance made losses over the year to September. ...
Superannuation
Australian superannuation members are unlikely to view and understand the MySuper Heatmap because of its complexity and unclear presentation, according to Chant West’s ge...
Superannuation
EISS Super will need to implement a strategy to merge with a larger, better performing fund under the regulator’s new license conditions....
Superannuation
The prudential regulator has finalised revisions to requirements and guidance for insurance in superannuation, fulfilling two Royal Commission recommendations....
Superannuation
Data from the prudential regulator has found members of underperforming super funds are not moving in significant numbers, despite receiving communication about the perfo...
Features
Superannuation funds need to keep up with changing community expectations that can lead to regulatory changes with the latest one regarding marketing and sponsorship expe...
Superannuation
Five of the 13 funds that failed the performance test are in merger talks and the prudential regulator is looking at ways to simplify the merger process. ...
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...