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PIS names Singapore head

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2008
... subsidiary. Frost has more 20 years experience in financial services and retail distribution holding roles at AXA Life, AMP, Prudential and Norwich Union in the UK and Singapore. "[Frost] is ideally qualified to manage and develop further growth and ...

Commissions could breach sole purpose test

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2007
... they're paying, they're just paying for advice for superannuation. And that's consistent with APRA's (The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority) statements on the sole purpose test. "The reality is that when many consumers seek financial advice ...

Corp super gets health tick

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2007
Despite years of decline in corporate and public sector superannuation fund numbers, the latest Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) figures show the funds that remain are in good health. According to Rainmaker data, the number of corporate ...

Asia Property in $1.55b buying spree

Asia Property fund, an institutional fund jointly sponsored by LaSalle Investment Management and Prudential-owned real estate giant PRUPIM, has bought three properties for $1.55 billion including a 50 per cent stake in a Westfield shopping centre. The ...

No more sustainable investment roadblocks: Russell

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2007
... Services, as recently as June 2006, questioned the financial definition of 'best interests' and called on the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) to provide guidance on the legislation for trustees. "In Australia, trustees must act both ...

Macquarie NOHC a work in progress

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2007
... issued a memorandum to shareholders after receiving necessary court approval. It also has the approval of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority to go ahead with the restructure. It has yet to receive sign-off from the Treasurer and it must secure ...

APRA appoints new head of research

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has appointed Dr Katrina Ellis its new head of research. Dr Ellis replaces former head of research Dr Neil Esho, who was seconded to the Basel Committee for Banking Supervision in Switzerland. He ...

APRA bans former Zurich CEO

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2007
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has disqualified another former Zurich chief executive officer, Malcolm Murray Jones, from directorial or senior management roles, six months after investigations concluded. Jones was a director ...

Regulators clamp down on illegal super schemes

... circumstances but that people don't need to use a promoter."The service is free...trustees can apply to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) under specified compassionate grounds," she said. Michelle Baltazar

APRA extends custodian downstream rule exemption

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2007
New regulations by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) extends the exemption custodians had from some previous downstream outsourcing prohibitions, but only if the primary custodian continues to carry all the responsibility. The regulator ...