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Retail super weigh in on transparency debate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2008
... conditions. On Wednesday, Industry Super Network (ISN) executive manager, David Whiteley called for the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) to publish a performance table which allowed investors to compare their fund against another. Whiteley ...

Super fund reporting should be standardised: ISN

... the volatility of the stockmarket in the past year, ISN executive manager David Whiteley called for the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) to publish a results "league table" that investors could refer to when comparing their fund against ...

Industry funds steering clear of FHSAs

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2008
The release this week of Australian Prudential Regulation Authority draft prudential standards for super funds that plan to offer first home saver accounts has confirmed the view of many fund trustees that the FHSA structure and regulatory framework ...

APRA hunts down 32 funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
APRA is flexing its muscle and threatening to remove 32 trustees from their super funds. The prudential regulator has announced it is seeking information on 32 superannuation funds whose Trustees have failed to apply to APRA to be licensed. It is proposing ...

Research and rating firms welcome Govt review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
... superannuation and corporate law, Senator Nick Sherry, announced ASIC and the Treasury, with the input of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), would review the regulation of CRAs and research houses. "There have been some very serious ...

Prudential selects IMPACT

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2008
Prudential Asset Management has chosen Impact Investing's IMPACT software to improve its ability to manage equities and minimise risk. IMPACT is a desktop software product for portfolio managers that acts as an information base for performance data ...

Super funds critical on alt investment regulation

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
... investment," said Richard Rassi, Deloitte Superannuation partner. Subsequently, the report recommended the Australian Prudential Regulator Authority (APRA) provide guidance on alternative investments. However, the report found 66 per cent of respondents ...

US regulation review models Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
... Henry M Paulson Jr said they would introduce a tri-partite model that focuses on having a system stability regulator, a prudential regulator and 'conduct of business' regulator. "Our current regulatory structure was not built to address the modern financial ...

Regulators fight breaches online

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has launched a new online breach reporting system for dual-regulated institutions. According to a joint statement released by both ...

Toolsets by managers, for managers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
... managers like BT, QIC, Challenger, Integrity and AMP but also global players that now include Schroders, Fidelity, Prudential and BlackRock. "What makes the dashboard so effective is that its designers are quantitative investment managers, not just computing ...