The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has raised eyebrows by revealing the degree to which it wants to influence which funds merge with which. ...

Choice superannuation funds have been placed on notice that unless they look to their fees and investment performance they are at risk of being painted red on the heatmap...

While the other regulators grew their staff numbers, the Budget papers point to a net loss for ASIC. ...

This year’s Federal Budget brought in numerous changes to superannuation including making contributions and managing retirement income streams, writes Tim Howard and Neil...

IOOF’s bid to acquire MLC, including NULIS Nominees, has been approved by the prudential regulator, and is working towards a completion date of 31 May, 2021....

Mike Taylor questions whether a superannuation fund which experiences multiple failures of the proposed Australian Prudential Regulation Authority superannuation fund per...

Administration fees are one of the biggest drains on retirement savings and including them in the test will drive fast improvements to the super savings of over a million...

Questions posed via a Parliamentary Committee may have been aimed at extracting expenditure information from major superannuation funds but they have confirmed just how d...

A focus on legacy products has become one of the biggest barriers to innovation and the industry needs to be prepared to bear the burden of investment in improving those ...

The corporate regulator has asked the industry to better help the regulators better regulate the industry....

New data released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has confirmed the value delivered by life/risk advisers while pointing to the continuing problematic n...

Amid strong questioning by Government parliamentarians about how regulators monitor the superannuation sole purpose test, APRA has admitted it has only pursued one such c...

Recent legislative efforts in both the financial planning and superannuation spheres point to a Government too ready to leave too much policy detail to the regulators....

The regulator has increased Macquarie Bank’s liquidity and operational risk capital requirements after the firm had “persistent difficulties” in meeting its obligations....