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...

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....

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...

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...

Superannuation

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

Superannuation

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

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...

Superannuation

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

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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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