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Financial Sector Advisory Council back in action

DARREN SNYDER | MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016

... system regulators: the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC); the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA); and the Payments System Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). The Council will also provide advice to the Treasurer ...

Government acts on income streams review

DARREN SNYDER | WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2016

... to be prohibited. It also says Self-Managed Superannuation Funds (SMSFs) and small Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) funds should not be eligible to offer products in the new category.

Drop in regulator staff numbers under coalition

MARK SMITH | MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016

... Office staff numbers have fallen from 22,022 to 18,482 - or 16.1% - in the same period. Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) staff numbers have also fallen 3.1% to 590 since 2013-14. The independent think tank said it is concerned there ...

Regulators defended in calls for Royal Commission

DARREN SNYDER | MONDAY, 11 APR 2016

... Turnbull said both the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) had powers equal to a Royal Commission, and more in some circumstances. "What Mr Shorten is really trying to do of ...

Super fund outflow ratios cause for concern

DARREN SNYDER | WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2016

... their future viability. Speaking at the Banking and Wealth Summit in Sydney yesterday, Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) deputy chairman Helen Rowell described the issue as "critical" and "not getting the attention that it should across ...

Equip appoints new board members

DARREN SNYDER | FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016

... enabling the appointment of independent directors required the fund to apply to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) for a variation of its licence so that it could appoint two independents. "As APRA has not yet approved this, the board ...

Super governance at top of APRA agenda

MARK SMITH | MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has highlighted three superannuation governance issues it will prioritise in its regulatory agenda for 2016. The first of these issues is what the regulator called "the robustness of strategic and business ...

New insurance industry guidance on its way

DARREN SNYDER | THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016

... FSC has been looked at trying to harmonise their data dictionaries to better meet the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's (APRA) reporting standards. Cox said the FSC's data dictionary was mainly practitioner facing and for use of its own stakeholders ...

Fraser Review compounds board independence impasse

DARREN SNYDER | WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016

... future," Medd says. She adds matters of improved governance have been in the sights of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) for a number of years and "this review focused on the not for profit sector will likely contribute at the margin ...

Tail risk hedging works for industry fund

DARREN SNYDER | MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016

... significant market volatility as required by law. It said stringent rules introduced by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) in 2013 made DB funds more sensitive to the performance of investment markets. The rules assume that every DB ...

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Vision Super to drop fees upon merger

ELIZA BAVIN

Vision Super will drop administration fees once its merger with Active Super is complete.

Dixon Advisory clients should be heard at Senate inquiry: Anderson

ANDREW MCKEAN

Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) general manager of policy, advocacy, and standards Phil Anderson has urged the Senate Committee inquiry into Dixon Advisory to hear from ex-clients.

How to simplify super to get better retirement outcomes: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN

The superannuation system has lacked a clear direction for the provision of retirement outcomes, and while this is gradually changing, there remains a need to make it simpler for Australians, according to a Mercer report.

UBS injects $100m into Centuria Bass

ELIZA BAVIN

Centuria Bass has secured an additional $100 million commitment from global investment bank UBS.

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