AUSTRALIAN PRUDENTIAL REGULATION AUTHORITY

Financial planning

The Assistant Treasurer, Mal Brough has told the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds being held in Hobart that industry funds are not being discriminated against by ...

Financial planning

Thanks to another administrative mishap, Tower Limited has been ordered by the corporate regulator to give $1 million back to customers whom it accidentally overcharged a...

Funds management

The Government’s new superannuation co-contribution regime appears to be gaining real traction, with the latest Australian Prudential Regulation Authority data pointing t...

Superannuation

People running self-managed superannuation funds need to review their position with respect to compliance at least three or four times a year, according to specialist sup...

Financial planning

A Melbourne man, David Foulds, has been placed on an 18-month good behaviour bond and ordered to pay $1,500 to charity after pleading guilty to charges of having breached...

Superannuation

The trustees of a number of self-managed superannuation funds can expect to be contacted by both the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) and the Australian Prudential Regula...

Financial planning

Australia’s prudential regulator is in a stronger position to monitor the banking, general insurance and superannuation industries thanks to receiving a significant boost...

Superannuation

The trustees of a number of self-managed superannuation funds can expect to be contacted by both the Australian Taxation Office and the Australian Prudential Regulation A...

Financial planning

The impending choice regime has had little impact on the prosperity of the $71.9 billion industry fund market which reaped the strongest inflows in the superannuation sec...

Financial planning

Tranzact Financial Services, previously Beacon Financial Services, is aiming to buy-back the 60 per cent stake in superannuation administration firm Australia First Finan...

Superannuation

Rudy Haddad finds out what ‘gainfully employed’ really means....

Financial planning

The former director of a Queensland-based early release superannuation scheme has appeared in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on 21 charges of fraud brought by an Australi...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has reaffirmed its ongoing crusade against schemes illegally promoting the early release of superannuation by announc...

Financial planning

The Australian Democrats have moved quickly to outline elements of their superannuation policy ahead of next month’s Federal election by announcing a five point plan whic...

Funds management

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority is encouraging trustees to apply early for licences under the Superannuation Safety Amendment Act 2004 by assuring them it ...

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