APRA
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....
Editorial
While FOFA and a number of other factors have seen many planners moving under the umbrellas of the major banks and institutions, the independent financial advice sector i...
Superannuation
Former Cooper Review chairman Jeremy Cooper files his own submission with the Productivity Commission arguing the benefits of independent super trustee directors....
Superannuation
APRA has taken the unusual step of outlining its MySuper approach ahead of the Government's legislation being passed....
Superannuation
Despite current concerns over SMSF administration, only around 2 per cent of funds have a compliance issue, meaning there is no need for additional regulations, according...
Superannuation
Industry Super Network has appointed former Lonsec staffer Anh Nguyen to support its research and policy capabilities....
Superannuation
The Australian Taxation Office is the right regulatory body to oversee the SMSF sector, according to SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australia chief executive Andrea S...
Superannuation
Ever since the Trio Capital scandal, the message has been clear: SMSFs are on their own and defenceless against fraud. But as Andrea Slattery explains, SMSFs indeed have ...
Superannuation
Nearly four years after an initial ministerial request, APRA is moving to deliver fund-level super data while the AIST worries about a new standard risk measure....
Financial planning
SPAA strongly rejects suggestions SMSFs should be pushed into APRA jurisdiction....
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