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Parametric knows what keeps super trustees sleepless

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
... after-tax specialist Parametric says issues that will keep superannuation trustees awake at night during 2016 include regulation, post-retirement solutions, and immunising members against market volatility. Parametric Australasia chief executive Chris ...

Adviser standards need a tidy

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2016
... ASFA says if financial advice was to be provided online (robo-advice) by a corporate entity it is unclear how proposed regulation and professional standards would apply to individuals. In its submission to Treasury on draft legislation aiming to lift ...

Equip drops super fees

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
Industry superannuation fund Equipsuper has presented members with an early Christmas present, announcing it will cut fees and costs for accumulation and pension members from February 2016. Fee and cost cuts at the $7 billion fund have come from investment ...

Local shares lacklustre in 2016

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
... some challenges in 2016," he said. "Bad debts are likely to increase and this, along with the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) monitoring the level of home loan lending, as well as business conditions not expected to improve markedly ...

ASIC forms its views on MySuper dashboards

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released research suggesting there is a more positive sentiment towards superannuation based on annual tests of the MySuper dashboard. ASIC has published results from its 2014 consumer ...

Retail funds risk member exodus

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
... CoreData research found. Members likely or very likely to move to another fund regulated by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) account for 25.6% of retail super fund members, according to CoreData's 2015 'Member retention report'. ...

Sydney in top 10 financial centres

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015

Over 30% SMSFs hold low balances: research

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2015
... balance of $200,000 or below are unlikely to be competitive, compared to a fund regulated by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA)," ASIC continues. Speaking about the results of the research, UBS Asset Management head of Australasia ...

Super governance saga continues

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... remains concerned by the definition of independence and the power that may be provided to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) to determine independence. "We believe that a better approach would be a definition that is principle-based ...

Hedge funds under cost pressure from brokers

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
Hedge funds are facing higher trading costs and changes to business relationships that are hurting margins in the wake of new regulations on banks and prime brokers, a new global survey of the industry by EY reveals. Regulations such as Basel III and ...