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CFR, ATO report on SMSF borrowing arrangements

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
... system. The report by CFR and ATO was commissioned by the government as part of their response to the Financial System Inquiry. The report found limited recourse borrowing arrangements (LRBAs) are almost completely exclusive to SMSFs. However, they form ...

AFA takes red pen to Hayne report

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2019
... The Association of Financial Advisers has stepped up its opposition to the Royal Commission's final report, claiming the inquiry failed to acknowledge the value of advice. In a paper released by the association this week, AFA general manager policy and ...

Royal Commission will guide remuneration standard: APRA

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2019
What APRA learned from its prudential inquiry into Commonwealth Bank, and the Royal Commission, will help shape its updated and soon-to-be released standard on remuneration. APRA executive general manager, policy and advice, Pat Brennan told an industry ...

APRA sets sights on 2019 targets

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2019
... services industry. It specifically referenced the Royal Commission, the final report of the Productivity Commission's inquiry into superannuation and the BEAR legislation. For the super sector, APRA has outlined three specific plans. It is headlined ...

SMSFA recognises member achievements

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2019
... the superannuation system was still lacking an overarching objective four years on from David Murray's financial system inquiry. He said however that the association would continue to advocate in the interests of the self-managed sector. He pointed to ...

Super needs a clear objective: Cooper

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
... discounts, and reforms to family trusts. SMSFA chair Deborah Ralston said it was strange that after the Financial System Inquiry in 2014 recommended a clear objective for the aim of the super system be established, it still hadn't occurred. SMSFA head ...

ASIC flags post-RC criminal prosecutions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2019
... Royal Commission, ASIC said enforcement teams are investigating 12 matters that were presented as case studies during the inquiry and assessing a further 16 case studies to determine whether an investigation is required. This is in addition to the actions ...

Government moves on Royal Commission super recommendations

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
... against the Drought Future Fund after Labor's own Senators clearly supported the Bill during the Senate committee inquiry into it, is a new political low," Cormann said in a media release.

Retirement expert joins Milliman

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
... and funds management policy initiatives, particularly in the areas of the Productivity Commission's superannuation inquiry and the financial services Royal Commission. "Australians are retiring with larger superannuation balances than ever before ...

Institutions respond to Royal Commission, make commitments

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2019
... remain elements of unwillingness to recognise, and to accept responsibility for, poor conduct of the kinds examined in this inquiry," Hayne said. In its response, Commonwealth Bank said the Royal Commission had been valuable for all stakeholders in the ...