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Small super funds admonish APRA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2023
In the most recent stakeholder survey conducted by APRA, small superannuation funds expressed disproportionally high discontent with the regulator. APRA observed that superannuation and trustee respondents gave distinctly lower ratings for almost all ...

Consultation opens on NALI reforms

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2023
... the non-arm's length income (NALI) regulations, which are set to affect self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) and small APRA-regulated funds (SAF). The Treasury Laws Amendment (Measures for Consultation) Bill 2023 seeks to refine the NALI provisions ...

Labor advances super performance test changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2023
... performance of platform TDPs will also be tested using gross of tax variables to reflect how these products operate and report to APRA. For the RAFE of non-platform TDPs, these will be tested against the median RAFE of other non-platform TDPs. An option ...

FRAA releases draft APRA, ASIC metrics

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2023
The independent body tasked with reviewing the competency of APRA and ASIC has released a list of draft metrics it will use to measure the regulators against and is asking for industry feedback. The Financial Regulator Assessment Authority (FRAA) has ...

OnePath fined over MySuper bungle

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2023
... Insignia Financial and OnePath Custodians will pay $1.5 million for failing to direct member contributions to a MySuper product. APRA has fined OnePath Custodians $1.46 million after it was made aware 125 default member contributions were not directed ...

Treasury mandates APRA consider climate risks in duties

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2023
Treasury has released an updated statement of expectations for APRA which includes the adoption of climate reporting standards by super funds, banks and insurers. "For the first time, the government is explicit in requiring the regulator to consider ...

SMSFs continue to fly solo

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023
... to rules and regulation. In the next 12 months, about 20% are likely to seek the help of an adviser. At the end of March, APRA counted 606,217 active SMSFs, up nearly 10 % from the prior quarter. The survey also found that 30% of trustees under the age ...

Heatmaps drive efficiencies, more consolidation: Cole

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2023
... should be consolidating with others that can deliver a better outcome. "We still have a landscape in super where we have 118 APRA regulated super funds as at 30th June 2022," Cole said. "A small number of those, or the top 10, have roughly 50% of members ...

APRA probes super fund payments to unions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023
During a Senate Economics Committee session yesterday, it was revealed that APRA is investigating the financial relationships between superannuation funds and unions. APRA deputy chair Margaret Cole confirmed the regulator's ongoing scrutiny into certain ...

Bank of Queensland slapped with EU

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2023
APRA and AUSTRAC have agreed to a court enforceable undertaking (CEU) following weakness in the bank's risk management and money laundering controls. APRA said it's acted following several beaches or its prudential standards and a review that ...