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HOSTPLUS awards custody tender to Citi, gets MySuper licence

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
... it had received approval of its MySuper licence by the financial services regulator Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). HOSTPLUS chief executive David Elia, said APRA had approved HOSTPLUS' Balanced (default) investment option as the MySuper ...

APRA warns licensees warning about 3 day rollovers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has today written to RSE licensees advising them of their new obligations to process rollovers within three days and use the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) developed SuperTIC service as their means ...

CFS first retail fund to win MySuper approval

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
Colonial First State (CFS) has become the first retail fund to win Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) approval for its MySuper offering, the company announced today. Given the green light on Friday, the authorisation paves the way for ...

First Super gets MySuper green light

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
Industry fund First Super has received its MySuper authorisation from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). First Super was one of the first funds to lodge an application for the authorisation at the start of the year. According to ...

REST granted MySuper authorisation

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
... Super (REST) has become the latest fund to receive a MySuper authorisation from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). The fund will offer members a MySuper option, that includes a single diversified investment option; with low fees that ...

Sherry joins calls to watch SMSF property spruikers

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
... anywhere between 2.8% and 8%. That's a very interesting statistic in comparison to Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) funds." Kell said yesterday that establishing an SMSF was one of the most significant steps a person makes in their financial ...

All APRA funds to offer SMSF-style choice

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
All Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) regulated superannuation funds will offer direct investment options for members within five years, according to former Minister for Superannuation Nick Sherry. The retired politician anticipated ...

ASIC targets SMSF confidence tricksters

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
... there will be calls for greater regulation. None of us want that." Recent data from Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) showed that around a third of all superannuation assets are now held in more than 470,000 SMSFs on behalf of about a ...

APRA appoints new chair

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013
Treasurer Wayne Swan has announced that Wayne Byres will become the chair of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). Byres became the first Australian to be appointed secretary general to the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, the ...

Gary Clifford awarded Trustee of the Year at CMSF

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
... our responsibility to do it properly." Clifford complained about the fact that the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority is overregulating the industry and reminded them that boards of industry superannuation funds know what they need to do and ...