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Class expands in the SMSF cloud

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
... suppliers, customer relationship management providers, and property services. Separately, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) recently released an information paper on its considerations around outsourcing shared computing services ...

Clydesdale sell-off still NAB priority

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... and board approvals," the statement added. NAB was recently forced by the UK's prudential regulator, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), to provision A£1.7 billion ($3.5 billion) to cover "losses related to legacy conduct costs" at Clydesdale. ...

AustralianSuper to pay early insurance to terminally ill

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
From today Australians with a life expectancy of two years or less can fully access their superannuation savings yet the country's largest industry fund has gone a step further and negotiated for the early release of life insurance benefits. AustralianSuper ...

Super funds clash on board independence

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... the reform's implications. Today the federal government introduced legislation proposing all Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) regulated super funds have a minimum of one-third independent directors on their trustee board and an independent ...

Medcraft sticks up for asset managers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
... regulator told a National Press Club conference in Washington, DC that there is not a strong enough case for ramping up regulation for asset managers. "I am not convinced that there is evidence that asset managers put financial stability at risk simply ...

Cross-border distribution low despite initiatives

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
Only a small percentage of Australian fund managers have developed their off-shore distribution despite joint initiatives to promote international expansion from the Federal government and industry bodies. Of the $2.5 trillion in assets under management ...

Employers given October SuperStream deadline

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... continue to help and educate employers through to October. In a joint letter from the ATO and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), RegistrableA Superannuation Entities (RSE) were told that after October 31, 2015, the ATO will apply ...

Franking credits matter, academics say

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... detrimental effects for shareholders and for the Australian economy, academics for the Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR) argued in a research paper. "There is ample evidence that Australian companies have lifted payout ratios in ...

Property bubble debate heats up

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... added that this was "certainly the case in higher priced areas in Melbourne." Fraser joined the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), which recently reviewed bank lending standards for property investors and last December warned lenders ...

Risk inflows up despite tightening margins

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... the strongest performer in the group risk sub-market. This news follows recent comments by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), reported in Financial Standard, concerning the regulator's strategies to deal with risk and business management ...