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Operational risk reserve targets trimmed for larger funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024
Following consultation, APRA has lowered the minimum operational risk financial requirement (ORFR) target amounts for larger superannuation funds. At present, all superannuation funds are expected to keep a minimum of 0.25% of funds under management ...

APRA prioritises supervision of trustee spending

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2024
The prudential regulator is clamping down harder on super trustees' spending, saying it has identified "deficient" and "questionable" practices among funds. APRA deputy chair Margaret Cole has informed all RSE licensees that it will be intensifying ...

Choice products continue to overshadow MySuper: APRA

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2024
The June quarter saw the superannuation industry amassing $2.37 trillion across 986 superannuation products and 22.8 million accounts, according to APRA's latest data. Of which, $1.2 trillion sits across choice products. Of the 812 choice products ...

Australian Food Super picks TAL for group insurance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2024
The $3 billion industry superannuation fund has transitioned its group insurance arrangements to TAL. It marks the end of a five-year mandate with AIA, which took over as the fund's group life insurer in September 2019 from MetLife. Effective September ...

eToro acquires Spaceship, sets sights on super sector

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
The global trading and investment platform is tapping into the superannuation sector with the acquisition of Spaceship, in a deal worth as much as $80 million. eToro has agreed to acquire Spaceship, expanding its local business and suite of offerings. ...

APRA calls out high-cost super platforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2024
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has put superannuation platform products under the microscope, saying their higher fees and costs are eroding members' retirement savings. Platform TDPs charged higher administration fees and costs ...

Calls for independent oversight on mortgage stress

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024
In August, Finder's Consumer Sentiment Tracker recorded the highest level of mortgage stress since it first began tracking in early 2019. More than two in five (42%) homeowners struggled to pay their home loan in August with an estimated 1.4 million ...

ASIC sees case against Rest thrown out

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024
ASIC's case against Rest, in which it alleged the super fund misled members about their ability to transfer superannuation out of the fund, has been thrown out by the Federal Court. The case focused on Rest's past practices around rollover requests ...

TelstraSuper picks Equip for merger partner

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024
After announcing earlier this year that it was open to a merger, TelstraSuper will now explore a 'merger of equals' with Equip Super. In May of this year, and after 30 years in operation, TelstraSuper announced it was on the hunt for a merger ...

BUSSQ board members removed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024
BUSSQ board members Jacqui Collie and Michael Ravbar, both of whom are senior Construction, Forestry, and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) officials, have been replaced effective immediately. The administrator for the Queensland branch of the CFMEU ...