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No need for more super bureaucracy: Cormann

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
... Superannuation Adequacy and Sustainability by establishing a Charter Group. Deputy chair of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) Ross Jones, Challenger chairman of Retirement Income Jeremy Cooper, AustralianSuper former chair Elana Rubin ...

Govt could handcuff SMSFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... is effectively a put option back to the government," the report said. "This begs the question as to whether future regulation could force SMSFs to undertake mandatory advice from financial planners or outsourcing of their investment strategy back to ...

Basel III to see banks focus on longer-term depositors

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
The requirement to match assets and liabilities under new regulatory proposals will see Australian banks move to a model where customers owning more products, according to ING DIRECT's executive director distribution Lisa Claes. Although the final details ...

MySuper draft regs released for consultation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
MySuper product providers will be required to disclose investment risk and the dollar value of fees and their investment performance under proposed regulations released by the government. The government's draft MySuper regulations released today, outline ...

Regulation blamed for perceived fall in advisers' ability

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013

Count eyes accounting firms

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013
... "Accounting-based businesses are in the best place to provide financial advice and they have a great opportunity with the new regulation coming in," Count Financial chief executive David Lane told Financial Standard. Count is now focusing on helping ...

Opposition and VOFF criticise response to Trio report

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
... through a Superannuation Regulators Working group with representatives from Treasury, ASIC, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). "This response, together with far-reaching reforms such as the ...

Changes in board culture, key to avoid risk

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... Recent regulatory changes by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) have brought extra costs to superannuation funds, insurers, fund managers and banks, which now see the ...

Austock Group company secretary resigns

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
Austock Group company secretary Amanda Gawne has resigned, to be replaced by the company's chief financial officer Enzo Silverii. It is understood that Silverii has already taken the reigns and according to an ASX announcement yesterday, he will be ...

REI and Club Plus get MySuper green light

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
REI Super and Club Plus Super have become the latest funds to get approval from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) for their MySuper offerings. Property industry fund REI said its existing default choice, the Trustee Super Balanced ...