APRA
Superannuation
ASFA suggests money to fund the ATO on Stronger Super may not meet cost/benefit benchmarks....
Editorial
In the wake of concerns about APRA's handling of the collapse of Trio Capital it has emerged that the regulator has little or no idea how well superannuation funds perfor...
Life/Risk
APRA says it will consider granting insurers transition time to higher capital standards on a case-by-case basis....
Financial planning
APRA seeks to create distance from blame around Trio Capital while pointing to deficiencies of SMSF trustees and financial planners....
Superannuation
APRA admits it does not collect data on how long superannuation funds take to administer rollovers and has no view on what might represent best practice....
Superannuation
The same timing problems which impacted FOFA are now impacting MySuper....
Editorial
The last APRA regulatory failure around HIH Insurance saw heads roll. Mike Taylor asks whether the gravity of the Trio Capital collapse ought not to justify similar punis...
Superannuation
Reports of payments to a union official and a mandate to a property developer have intensified the spotlight on industry superannuation funds governance....
Financial planning
The Parliamentary Joint Committee investigating the Trio Capital collapse says it is more troubling than Storm Financial, and the FOFA changes are unlikely to stop a repe...
Superannuation
Opposition urges action to extend compensation to a wider range of Trio Capital investors....
Financial planning
APRA has warned banks about ensuring cost-cutting does not result in unintended consequences....
Financial planning
The Government has confirmed the degree to which the financial services industry will be slugged to deliver on elements of its Stronger Super levy....
Financial planning
The same regulator critical of financial planner responses in a shadow shopping exercise has turned in a 100 per cent fail in responding to parliamentary questions on tim...
Editorial
The collapse of Storm Financial and Trio Capital are cited as the catalysts for strengthening the powers of the regulators via FOFA and Stronger Super, but as Mike Taylor...
Financial planning
APRA reveals just how much it costs to travel and regulate....
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