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'Choice' dashboard, portfolio disclosure delayed to 2015

ALEX DUNNIN | TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014

... complex than initially anticipated, reinforced by the superannuation regulator the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) in March this year announcing it will delay introduction of some of its new data collections associated with choice workplace ...

FEATURE: Re-imagining Australia's financial future

STAFF WRITERS | THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014

... massive reforms including the floating of the Australian dollar and the creation of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), and the current form of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). And now it seems, after the ...

FSC and ISA clash over super and awards

LAURA MILLAN | THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014

... Commission is the appropriate place for the selection of MySuper funds" and noted that the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) "would be better suited for overseeing the selection process." In response, ISA chief executive David Whiteley ...

ASIC should regulate SMSFs as a financial product: PwC

LAURA MILLAN | WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014

... protection and suggested that ASIC should regulate SMSFs as financial products, while the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) should oversee and develop policy to "prevent a build-up of systemic risks related to SMSFs." The submission also ...

APRA requests more decision-making power

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | MONDAY, 7 APR 2014

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has used its submission to the Financial System Inquiry to call for increased independence from government. APRA's submission argues that it needs more freedom to regulate the banking, superannuation ...

Life insurers need more 'wise old heads': APRA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014

... and avoid falling into the same traps, according to Ian Laughlin, deputy chair of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). Laughlin said that the drop in the average age of management - though a positive in some respects - means relatively ...

CBA asks Murray inquiry to remove super from awards

LAURA MILLAN | TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014

... have only recently gone through "the rigorous and costly process" of achieving the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) MySuper product authorisation. "For trustees to now have to apply to another body for the right to compete to provide ...

FEATURE: Facing the perfect storm

LAURA MILLAN | FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014

... the previous year's profit of $3 billion, according to the latest figures from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). Insurers' gross policy expenses went from $6.5 billion in 2012 to $7.1 billion in 2013, with death and disability claims ...

APRA gets Basel III tick

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014

... international bank subject to the minimum requirements of the Basel Framework." The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority welcomed the Basel Committee's assessment.

Regulators must enforce rules, not write them: Brogden

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014

... FSC/Deloitte 2014 Future Leaders Awards, Brogden said that the two financial regulators, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), have too often strayed into the arena of writing ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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