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Life/Risk

Industry funds use APRA research to query retail super funds utilising in-house group insurance products....

Life/Risk

APRA expresses concern about unproven concepts involved in direct life sales....

Financial planning

APRA's annual report has revealed rising supervisory costs along with the number of exits and failures....

Superannuation

Consumers may be left unprotected if the regulators do not jointly implement the Standard Business Reporting (SBR) framework under new super fund reporting requirements, ...

Editorial

Select Asset Management’s Dominic McCormick says it’s time investors reduced their reliance on simplistic risk categories in asset allocation....

Superannuation

ICAA's super specialist Liz Westover argues the increase in the SMSF supervisory levy was probably justified....

Superannuation

New Deloitte analysis points to super costs rising while contributions are in decline....

Superannuation

Representatives of the APRA taking questions from the industry have been unable to provide clarity on the circumstances in which superannuation fund committees do not nee...

Financial planning

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has sent a strong signal that it is likely to oppose the use of synthetic securitisation by banks....

Superannuation

Lawyer warns Productivity Commission recommendations just add more bureaucracy, cost and possible disadvantage for funds....

Editorial

APRA and Australian Bureau of Statistics data suggest the Government’s constant tinkering with superannuation is undermining confidence in the sector....

Superannuation

Industry bodies have taken issue with the exposure draft regulations for rollovers and contributions in submissions to Treasury that take aim at the three-day performance...

Superannuation

Institute of Chartered Accountants superannuation specialist Liz Westover has pointed to new regulations having been finalised requiring SMSF trustees to report fund asse...

Editorial

There has been a tendency to forget about the ACCC ever since the regulation of consumer protection in the financial services industry moved to ASIC in 2001. But as Grant...

Superannuation

APRA says it will leave it to superannuation funds and trustees to sort out any conflicts flowing from multiple directorships....

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