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APRA issues warning on group risk

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014
Insurance regulator the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has issued a warning that while the overall life insurance is in reasonable financial shape, sustained pressure on the group risk sector is becoming a strategic threat that insurers ...

SPAA defends status quo on SMSF regulation

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
... comments came in response to a recent survey in which around 75% of people working in the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) regulated superannuation sector said, firstly, that all superannuation should be regulated by one regulator, and ...

QMV to release APRA reporting standards solution

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... and consultant QMV Super Solutions is set to release its own software solution to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) reporting standards, QMV chief executive Brad Goodall has said. The release of this new solution will follow the launch ...

APRA releases final SuperStream reporting standards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released the final version of its Reporting Standards SRS 711.0 for SuperStream Benchmarking Measures, relating to the rollover and contribution transactions of super funds. In a letter sent ...

How green are 'green funds'?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
... consumer and member pressure. "It's got to be the users who are driving change. APRA [the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority] is going to force more super funds to disclose all their holdings. That will enable consumers to actually go through ...

APRA to look into The New Daily

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013
Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos has said the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority will look into The New Daily on the grounds that it is a misuse of members' money. Speaking to Stuart Hocking on radio station 2UE, the Assistant Treasurer ...

SMEs to pay employees super contributions online

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... consider putting their staff into," he added. CFS received MySuper authorisation from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) in June 2013.

Group insurance faces 'perfect storm'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... they wait for things to blow up and then go and fix them." He said that, while the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's (APRA) prudential standard for insurance in superannuation, SPS 250, is a "good step" towards avoiding a blow-up, it may be ...

Insurance profit falls 25% in 2013

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
... stood at $2.2 billion in Septembr 2013, down from $3.1 billion the year before, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) quarterly life insurance performance report showed. Indications that life insurance companies are experiencing a surge ...

MLC named as insurer for Qantas's MySuper product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
... Gateway. The deepening of the relationship with MLC appears to be a response to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) requirement that all MySuper products offer death and total and permanent disability (TPD) insurance on an opt-out basis. ...