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Get longevity risk right on DLAs, warns APRA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
... rigorously factored in longevity risk, according to Ian Laughlin, deputy chair of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). Speaking at an event in Sydney yesterday, Laughlin said that APRA will pay close attention to DLA providers' longevity ...

Government must lift annuities impediments: ASFA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... development of regulations which apply to both." He also recommended the amendment of Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) prudential standards applying to minimum surrender values of pension and annuity products "to reflect the special ...

Industry funds ask for specialised SMSF adviser training

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2013
... different and more specialised training than those who advice on funds regulated by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and the Industry Super Association (ISA) have lodged ...

IOOF gets MySuper license

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2013
IOOF has received its MySuper license approval from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). IOOF will start to offer the MySuper default option from January 1, 2014 and it will replace existing default products. "IOOF MySuper offers members ...

Australian Ethical MySuper option approved

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
Australian Ethical has been granted approval for its MySuper product by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). The fund, which becomes the 74th to gain APRA approval, will use its existing Balanced fund as its MySuper option. It will ...

Brogden questions ASIC and APRA roles

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2013
... model featuring the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Australian Prudential and Regulation Authority (APRA). "There needs to be a clear demarcation between policy creation by Treasury and regulation of legislation giving ...

ASIC, "twin peaks" model faces review

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013
... opportunity to undertake a broader review that questions "the twin peaks model" of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and ASIC. "There needs to be a clear demarcation between policy creation by Treasury and regulation of legislation ...

Link grows empire with Syncsoft swallow-up

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2013
... as the ASX300, ETFs or Term Deposits. It also last week launched its solution to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's (APRA's) reporting standards through subsidiary Orient Capital. John McMurtrie, Managing Director of Link, said the acquisition ...

Could ASIC become the SMSF regulator?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... required?" Wivell Plater said of the two logical candidates, ASIC is the more likely, as the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) is not geared for large-scale regulation of small operators. ASIC, she said, has the capability to "keep an ...

Orient Capital launches APRA reporting service

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
Share registry analysis company Orient Capital has launched its solution to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's (APRA's) reporting standards, part of the Stronger Super reforms. Orient's new service, operating through its miraqle platform ...