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APRA dissects retirement products for the first time

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2025
... State's FirstChoice Wholesale Pension is the second largest in asset size with $40.7 billion and 154,850 members. The Aware Super Retirement Income product with 114,420 members has $38.8 billion, while AMP's MyNorth Pension has $30.5 billion ...

APRA acknowledges need to reduce regulatory burden

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
... management in their organisations. We welcome their continued endorsement," APRA chair John Lonsdale said. "We are also aware of the need for us to strike the right balance between financial safety and not unnecessarily burdening industry in a way that ...

Chalmers advocates for Aussie instos on 'Big Beautiful Bill'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
... navigate together." Chalmers said he has had conversations with Australian super funds and institutional investors and is aware of their concerns around international tax issues when it comes to section 899 of the proposed so-called 'Big Beautiful Bill'. ...

Union redundancy funds in ASIC's sights

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
... fund operators had approximately $500 million under management, but that this had grown to $2 billion by 2015. "ASIC is now aware that some funds individually have close to or over $1 billion under management," ASIC said. "Some funds are now also involved ...

4600 relevant providers yet to meet qualification standards: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
More than 4600 relevant providers have yet to meet qualification standards, according to ASIC, and have only six months to meet the deadline. An ASIC spot check of the 15,610 relevant providers listed in the Financial Advisers Register found that 6426 ...

Nominations open for 2025 Power50

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
Nominations for the 2025 Financial Standard Power50 are now open as we recognise the country's most influential advisers who continue to raise the standards for the profession and provide outstanding service to clients and the wider community. This ...

Rest pilots Payday Super tech, moves to implement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025
... Payday Super." Wrkr's solutions are currently used by more than 70,000 businesses, including four super funds, including Aware Super and Commonwealth Super Corporation, and APRA and the ATO. It's also used by more than 28,000 self-managed super funds ...

Firms rebuffing AFCA determinations should be named: FAAA, professional bodies

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025
The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) and four other professional bodies are urging the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) to name and shame financial firms that fail to follow through on a determination as more than 60 have ...

ASIC reads the riot act to the super industry: Longo

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2025
... customer-centric or member-centric can't be lip service. It has to be lived, day in, day out. And customer-centric means complaint-aware."

Evidentia announces two new starters

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
Josh Phillips has joined asset consulting firm Evidentia Group as senior asset consultant after 12 years in Aware Super's Australian direct equities team. Evidentia is owned by Generation Development Group. At Aware Super, Phillips served as co-portfolio ...