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MLC named as insurer for Qantas's MySuper product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
Corporate super fund Qantas Super has appointed MLC as its group insurer following a "comprehensive review of the fund's insurance arrangements". Since 2011, Qantas has offered its members voluntary insurance through MLC. However, the new partnership ...

Sinodinos hints at relaxing conflicted remuneration rules

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos has suggested that some forms of remuneration currently regarded as conflicted may be allowed under the government's amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms. In a pre-recorded interview with Association ...

APRA voices concern over super in-house investment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has expressed concern over the tendency for superannuation funds to bring investment management operations in house. Speaking at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) 2013 National ...

Costs of new SMSF regulation expected to be "minimal"

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) expects that the industry will implement the new self-managed super funds (SMSF) proposals "with minimal cost and disruption." During the consultation process for CP216 'Advice on self-managed ...

Funds explore hidden benefits of APRA reporting standards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
Super funds will be "missing a trick" if they fail to make the most of data gathered to meet the new reporting standards of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), according to Rhys Octigan, regional head of business at DST Global Solutions. ...

Electronic reports signify Stronger Super milestone

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
Forty seven superannuation funds representing over 4 million members have for the first time lodged electronic reports to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) as part of the new standards outlined in the Stronger Super reforms, marking ...

Mercer picks Milestone's APRA reporting solution

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
Mercer Australia has chosen Milestone Group's pControl Regulatory Oversight service to meet the new Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) reporting standards that are part of the Stronger Super reforms. The new reporting standards have seen ...

Advisers battle to reconnect with disengaged clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013
Financial planners are fishing for new clients among Australians who have never sought advice before, but technology could help them reconnect with disengaged clients already in their practices. "There are very few practices that don't have a number ...

NAB workers demand profit share after 1172 job cuts

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
Employees of National Australia Bank (NAB) are calling for a bigger share in the record profits the bank announced yesterday, at the end of a year that saw NAB shed 1172 jobs across all of its operations. In its annual report, NAB yesterday announced ...

Court dismisses case against Trio director after APRA EU

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2013
The Federal Court has ordered legal proceedings against former trio director David Millhouse to be dismissed after the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) accepted a voluntary enforceable undertaking from him. The regulator has banned ...