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Rev mortgage market continues to grow

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
Australia's reverse mortgage market has grown five per cent in the six months to June with total outstanding funding representing $2.6 billion but the number of new borrowers has declined, a study found. The Deloitte SEQUAL Reverse Mortgage Study found ...

Aus Ethical overhauls website and PDS

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
Australian Ethical Investment has revamped its product disclosure statement (PDS) and website to cut paper use while still providing adequate information to investors. The new managed funds guide and website includes the fund manager's new branding ...

APRA stresses super client burden

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
John Trowbridge, executive member at Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), has highlighted the pressure group insurers are under to attain and keep contracts with large super funds. Speaking at the Institute of Actuaries of Australia yesterday ...

Praemium signs on Succession

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
Praemium has taken on UK firm Succession Advisory Services as a new client who will be using the tech firm's dps Select service. Succession will use dps Select to provide the discretionary platform as part of the investment matrix it offers to its member ...

Regulators tighten grip on hedge funds

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
The US' Securities and Exchange Commission and UK's Financial Services Authority have announced plans to explore common reporting and regulations of hedge funds - developments that could set the template for Australian hedge fund regulation. The two ...

Bookmakers Super hit by liquidity issues

COMPANY RELEASES  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
Bookmakers Superannuation Fund has applied to the regulator to defer redemptions across its balanced investment strategies for a rolling 90-day period due to liquidity issues. The super fund's trustee, Equity Trustees, in working with the administrator ...

Caveat to APRA data: ASFA

ASFA MEDIA STATEMENT  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
Super fund returns data released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority yesterday are of "very limited assistance" to consumers, said industry body ASFA. ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos said that the performance numbers cited by APRA are ...

Actuaries call for advice 'stress test'

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
The Institute of Actuaries of Australia is calling for the introduction of a 'personal stress test' that would measure the impact of adverse events on a person's financial position to be part of the advice process. As part of its submission to the Ripoll ...

Trustees must not be victimised: APRA

APRA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
The chief executive of an employer association is facing criminal prosecution for allegedly sacking two employees who were trustees of the association's super fund because they didn't renew an outsourcing contract the fund had with the association. ...

APRA recovers super assets

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has successfully recovered the assets of failed South Australian based Harts Australia Staff Superannuation Fund. APRA took legal action on behalf of the fund's acting trustee to sell a property ...