SUPER FUNDS

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

The retirement income review’s model will be able to dispel the contagious false narratives such as spiralling inflation and plummeting house prices that disproportionate...

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Superannuation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has confirmed that superannuation funds which pay fines from member’s capital are under no specific obligation to tel...

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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

Industry Super Australia has suggested that the Australian Taxation Office delegate superannuation funds and trade unions to pursue superannuation guarantee debts from re...

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Superannuation

The large allocation towards private equity and alternatives and the fact that it has not performed any better than leading super funds makes the case hard for the Future...

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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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Superannuation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has predicted a backlash from super funds in the event it publicly names superannuation funds it deems to be underperformer...

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Financial planning

The question of whether the advice fees deducted by superannuation funds are reasonable and fair is being examined by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission...

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has acknowledged the likelihood of an advice gap, particularly for lower income earners, but is looking to superannua...

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Policy & Regulation

Superannuation funds will also be exposed to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s enhanced search warrant powers according to the explanatory materials ...

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Superannuation

Super funds are not communicating to members that their investment targets are not taking into account the new norm of low interest rates and higher volatility, Rice Warn...

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Financial planning

Providing advice with respect to Self-Managed Superannuation Funds is complex and something deserving deeper analysis than the current review of the Tax Practitioners Boa...

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has signalled its intention to emulate the Australian Securities and Investments Commission by more frequently publishing t...

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