AUSTRALIAN PRUDENTIAL REGULATION AUTHORITY

Superannuation

A major industry superannuation fund is changing its legal structure to allow SMSFs to invest in its underlying investment platform....

Financial planning

Victims of the Trio collapse are threatening to campaign against the Government during the upcoming Federal election, alleging a cover-up encompassing the regulators....

Superannuation

APRA has signalled it regards lending to SMSFs by banks as potentially riskier than other forms of lending....

Superannuation

In the wake of APRA's warning that loans to SMSFs are more complex than those in a traditional retail environment, Craig Morgan, director of SMSF Loans, has voiced his di...

Superannuation

APRA has sought to influence the debate around lending within SMSFs via its regulation of lending institutions....

Superannuation

ASFA's Pauline Vamos argues that 2013 is the dawn of a new era for superannuation, and that the industry will cater to those who own it – the members....

Superannuation

SPAA says recent data released by the ATO undermines claims of mis-selling with respect to SMSFs....

Superannuation

Recently published statistics on SMSFs point to a healthy sector, according to SPAA's Graeme Colley....

Superannuation

Auditor General told that a moral hazard may be generated by the manner in which the so-called APRA levy is raised....

Editorial

A small number of bad apples in the financial services industry once again managed to attract significant attention in 2012....

Editorial

The Financial Planning Association’s ‘side deal’ with the Industry Super Network on FOFA drew plenty of flack from many key industry figures....

Financial planning

Financial planners may have embraced life/risk as a valuable revenue stream in recent times but that was not necessarily reflected in the life/risk sector's underlying st...

Superannuation

AMP’s Philip LaGreca explores the key considerations for SMSF trustees investing in overseas property....

Life/Risk

TAL chief executive Jim Minto points to the factors driving up group insurance premiums....

Superannuation

A number of risks are looming large on the radars of SMSF advisers, according to the principal of consultant actuarial firm Rice Warner, Michael Rice....

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