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ISA pushes for full transparency

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
... allocation, according to Industry Super Australia (ISA) chief executive David Whiteley. In a submission to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), ISA, which represents a handful of large and medium-sized industry funds, has said it wholly ...

Men continue to dominate super fund boards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
... funds, with just one fifth of trustee positions being held by women, according to statistics released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). The APRA statistics reveal that the number of women on superannuation fund boards has risen ...

FSC questions pertinence of APRA super stats

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has questioned the pertinence of figures released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) last week that show the investment returns of not-for-profit superannuation consistently outperforming those ...

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
... Slattery. Slattery's 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 ...

QMV to release APRA reporting standards solution

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... software developer 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 ...

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
... only come from 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 ...

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
... that they would consider putting their staff into," he added. CFS received MySuper authorisation from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) in June 2013.