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Sunsuper launches MySuper fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
... authorized MySuper product. While 79 funds have so far had their MySuper products rubber-stamped by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), only a handful have rolled theirs out to members. MySuper is designed to offer protect consumers ...

Get longevity risk right on DLAs, warns APRA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
... demonstrate that they have 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 ...

Government must lift annuities impediments: ASFA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... preferably through 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 ...

Industry funds ask for specialised SMSF adviser training

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2013
... advice to undertake a 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 ...

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
... duplication has emerged on the 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 ...

ASIC, "twin peaks" model faces review

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013
... Hockey Review as an 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 ...

Link grows empire with Syncsoft swallow-up

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2013
... investment options such 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 ...

Could ASIC become the SMSF regulator?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... time that it's 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 ...