AUSTRALIAN PRUDENTIAL REGULATION AUTHORITY

Financial planning

The authority has increased the bank’s capital requirement to $1 billion and will focus on directors and senior managers that breached the Banking Act in relation to the ...

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has named the major consultancies which assisted with its heat map development – Rice Warner, Deloitte and David Bell – but...

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Superannuation

The founder of one of Australia’s first dedicated superannuation fund research and ratings firms has suggested that the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority should ...

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Financial planning

The quality of advice provided by retail funds and industry funds have been found to be similar, according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission....

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Superannuation

The Financial Services Council has urged caution on the use of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’s proposed heatmapping exercises when making comparisons bet...

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Superannuation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has moved ahead of Government legislative amendments to outline a simplification of the rules around insurance inside super...

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Policy & Regulation

In a bid to lift regulatory burden on super funds the two regulators are looking to share data for areas of common interest....

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Superannuation

Despite the misgivings of some in the superannuation industry, the Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Technology, Senator Jane Hume, ...

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Superannuation

Superannuation funds could be placed at a significant disadvantage in competing to recruit investment management professionals under the extension of elements of the Bank...

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Superannuation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has revealed it has already used its tough new powers but has not said which superannuation funds were affected....

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Superannuation

Payment technology company InPayTech has authored a whitepaper stating Australian super funds needed to increase their security for data breaches and fraud....

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Superannuation

Some high risk, high fee superannuation investments are worth it in terms of the returns they generate, according to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority....

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Superannuation

Digestible investment risk data for superannuation funds needs to be standardised by APRA to help members compare apples with apples, according to AMP. ...

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Life/Risk

Risk-focused financial planning group, Synchron has confirmed the turnover of around 20% of its advisers in the face of the new Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Aut...

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Policy & Regulation

The IOOF share price has recovered sharply following its victory against the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority in the Federal Court but is still well short of it...

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