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APRA responds to industry concerns

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
... submissions. The regulator said a number of submissions sought clarity on the application of the outcomes assessment to choice products, and some challenged APRA's view that an RSE licensee is unable to undertake the comparative component of the outcomes ...

FSC, ISA face off over APRA heat map

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2019
... methodology" over the coming weeks, and also flagged the council's concern over APRA's plans to expand the heat map to the choice sector. Loane said the variation in choice super products made them "significantly" more difficult to accurately compare. ...

Rapid pace of regulatory change to continue

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019
... trustees to focus on simplification saying driving consolidation at the product level should be a priority. "With over 40,000 choice products in the market, the complexity for the consumer is overwhelming, and trustees should be considering simplifying ...

APRA begins super data transformation efforts

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
... of Superannuation Trustees chief executive Eva Scheerlinck said the move would finally allow members with choice superannuation products to understand where they sat compared to MySuper options. According to Scheerlinck, the lack of data on hand has ...

Adviser tampered with MySuper

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019
... A former Aon Hewitt adviser copped an ASIC ban after he was found to have stopped 331 Aon Master Trust default superannuation members from switching to the cheaper MySuper option. Thanh Huu Tran has been banned for two years as a result of the misconduct. ...

Link Advice partners with $12bn super fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2019
... assist members with a broader range of topics than the fund could previously attend to, such as contributions, investment choice, insurance, transition to retirement, retirement advice and retirement health checks. "This is particularly important in ...

APRA slaps traffic light ratings on super funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
... sustainability and in due course insurance - that will be tested on the performance of MySuper funds and eventually broadened to choice products. By the end of 2019, Rowell expects such additional information on super fund performance will be published. ...

Complex retirement system requires simplicity: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
A new report is putting forth key reforms needed to make superannuation fairer and more efficient ahead of the Federal Government's review of the retirement income system. The Actuaries Institute outlined a number of reforms needed to help fix the ...

Industry super fund adds director

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
... great asset to AvSuper," Firkins said. Recently the fund announced it would lower its investment fees for all investment choice members, with savings of $103 per year for members with an average balance invested in the fund's growth option. Members with ...

UniSuper advice offering surges

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2019
... relates specifically to personal advice, including intra-fund advice, UniSuper said. Most of this advice covers investment choice, contributions to super, insurance, Flexi Pension set ups and non-super investments/regular savings plans. In terms of general ...