HELEN ROWELL

Superannuation

Investment has to be front and centre in these merger discussions whether to establish if it’s the best outcome for members – rather than fees – according to Frontier....

Policy & Regulation

The prudential regulator is unlikely to make any findings on the political appropriateness of advertising from super funds but may recommend a follow-up inquiry....

Superannuation

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

Superannuation

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...

Life/Risk

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 ...

Superannuation

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...

Financial planning

A Parliamentary Committee has heard questioning around whether regulatory costs are now so high that financial advisers will not take on clients with less than $1 million...

Superannuation

Industry funds who have sponsored a major television advertising campaign against the Government’s Your Future, Your Super legislation have been accused of seeking to bul...

People & Products

Margaret Cole will oversee APRA’s superannuation activities, while deputy chair, Helen Rowell, will now be responsible for general, life and private health insurance....

Superannuation

While the superannuation system is working and performing well, there are high cost, scale, and sustainability issues, according to Helen Rowell. ...

Features

Mike Taylor writes that the Government’s Your Future, Your Super Budget announcement might look good at first blush but contains a number of wrinkles which need to be iro...

Superannuation

Superannuation funds may not necessarily be held responsible for making good the losses caused by fraud around the Government’s hardship superannuation early release regi...

Policy & Regulation

The Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority was given less than one day to consider the early access to super scheme. ...

Superannuation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority have welcomed the proposed reforms aimed at increasing the role of...

Superannuation

Trustees of the worst performing products have been contacted by the Australian Prudential and Regulation Authority to provide action plans on how they will address ident...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 months 3 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

4 months 4 weeks ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

7 months ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

3 weeks 1 day ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

4 days 6 hours ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

2 weeks ago