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NALI measure receives mixed response

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2023
... industry says it requires further consideration. In last night's budget, the government proposed that for SMSFs and small APRA-regulated funds, income that is currently taxable as NALI will be limited to twice the level of general expense and the ...

ASIC, APRA reviewer deprioritised by government

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2023
... the Financial Regulator Assessment Authority's funding, in a move that will see it only review the activities of ASIC and APRA every five years. The Authority, which commenced 1 July 2021, currently assesses the capabilities and efficacy of the regulators ...

Mine Super to close Choice option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
The industry fund is shuttering one of its Choice investment options that was recently highlighted by APRA as an underperformer. Following a review of its Super investment menu, Mine Super is closing its Conservative Balanced Choice option later this ...

Industry funds gain ground in retirement asset battle: KPMG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023
... pension phase. Meanwhile, as the baby boomer generation reaches retirement age, with over half having reached 65 by 2020, APRA predicts that 3.6 million Australians will retire in 10 years from 2021. These retirees will face challenges such as investment ...

YFYS sanctions don't help existing members: ISA

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023
On the back of yesterday's heatmaps from APRA, Industry Super Australia (ISA) has said it's clear that closing funds to new members is a Choice sector business model, not a punishment. The Choice heatmaps revealed two thirds of products that are closed ...

Investors flock to term deposits over equities

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023
... on new deposits, Australian equities funds decreased from $40.6 billion to $37.5 billion, a decrease of 8%. In contrast, APRA data shows a significant increase in term deposit holdings in banks between December 2021 and September 2022, with the amount ...

Equity Trustees, OnePath dominate choice heatmap failure

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023
... expensive Choice products in APRA's newly published heatmap results. Of the 407 options with an eight-year return history APRA analysed, 182 or 45% underperformed the benchmark. APRA singled out 80 options that significantly underperformed. They ...

SMSFs weather market storms: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023
... Association and the University of Adelaide's International Centre for Financial Services (ICFS) has found SMSFs outperformed the APRA-regulated fund sector during the 2020 market contraction but underperformed in the ensuing bull market. The report ...

Superannuation market defies capital market chaos

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2023
Australia's superannuation sector is flourishing, with APRA reporting a record-breaking $163 billion in contributions for 2021-22. This growth was driven by a 9% uptick in employer contributions and a 23% increase in member contributions. Rainmaker ...

ATO keeping tabs on SMSF early access, tax avoidance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
... they go on to withdraw their super before they are legally entitled to," he said. "Once the money is rolled over from their APRA fund and then withdrawn from the SMSF bank account, these members abandon the fund and never lodge a return." This trend ...