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Commissions survive as life remuneration bill flatlines

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
The Corporations Amendment (Life Insurance Remuneration Arrangements) Bill 2016 has lapsed due to prorogation, leaving the future of risk adviser remuneration unclear. The reforms in the bill banning volume-based payments, capping commissions and implementing ...

More numerate less likely to open SMSF

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
... as well as members under or over-rating their skillsets. Presenting at a recent Centre for International Finance and Regulation event, University of Sydney Business School Professor Susan Thorpe said the research was trying to measure the relative reasons ...

Super funds presented in-housing framework

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
... that tackles in-housing complexities. The framework was presented at a recent Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR) event in Sydney, and co-author Dr Geoff Warren said it addresses a hot topic in the Australian super industry. Although ...

APRA releases report on Trio investigation

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
... statuary duties imposed on trustees and directors and further guidance on fraud and risk management have helped better the regulation of the superannuation industry.

Regulators defended in calls for Royal Commission

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
... yesterday, 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 ...

Government releases draft life insurance regulations

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
... Government has released an exposure draft of the Corporations Amendment (Life Insurance Remuneration Arrangements) Regulation 2016 bill. The amended regulation allows temporary inclusion of stamp duty in commissions for death benefits while the industry ...

DeVere chief defends Panama privacy

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
... its effectiveness and credibility" as an offshore financial centre and "[embrace] an era of heightened transparency, regulation and cooperation," he doesn't believe this should involve "[losing or devaluing] the legitimate financial privacy it offers." ...

Super fund outflow ratios cause for concern

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2016
... impact 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 ...

Equip appoints new board members

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
... legislation 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 ...

Active management tax effects erode investor returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
... can be absorbed by detrimental tax effects according to new research from the Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR). Continuing its research in active management, CIFR has examined the extent to which tax effects erode investor returns ...