APRA
Superannuation
The superannuation playing field is not tilted in favour of SMSFs but they do benefit from being more nimble, according to SPAA....
Financial planning
Paul Derham draws on extensive recent research to provides tips to help financial planners sail through their next licensee compliance audit. ...
Superannuation
Link Group has acquired technology vendor Syncsoft....
Financial planning
One of the pilot companies for APRA’s new reporting regime has launched a new service. ...
Superannuation
Super funds which lose members to SMSFs are unlikely to see them come back....
Financial planning
APRA warns lenders against letting the current low interest rate environment drive up unsustainable housing credit....
Policy & Regulation
ATO’s approach to the segregation of pension assets aimed at SMSFs, despite implications for large APRA-regulated funds....
Financial planning
Count Financial’s David Lane expresses concern at the undisclosed nature of payments used to lure planners....
Superannuation
Rising unemployment and slowing GDP, combined with leakage to the self-managed sector, could be behind a slow year of growth in superannuation contributions....
Superannuation
ASIC will examine the underlying costs of operating a SMSF in next steps of its SMSF taskforce. ...
Financial planning
APRA has changed its stance on religious charitable development funds (RCDFs) in response to submissions from stakeholders. ...
Superannuation
Latest APRA data shows SMSF sector enjoyed more solid growth in the last financial year - a figure welcomed by the industry. ...
Superannuation
SMSFs grow by 7 per cent for past 12 months....
Life/Risk
APRA June quarter life insurance data has laid bare the problems impacting the major insurers....
Life/Risk
Life insurance companies and other institutions will receive a 12-month transition period on implementing APRA’s risk management requirements, the regulator has announced...
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
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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...