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Super governance Bill passes amid cries of favouritism

BEN COLLINS, MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... super funds. This comes on the back of legislation passing through Parliament last night, which gives the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) the same powers over superannuation funds that it has over banks and insurance companies. Passed ...

ASX flags concerns over losing single operator status

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
... comprise of the Treasury, the Reserve Bank of Australia, Australian Securities & Investment Commission and Australian Prudential Regulation Authority are currently reviewing the submission on this issue.

Swan talks up bank reforms for competition

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
... ordered by Peter Costello in 1996, was a wholesale review of the industry that resulted in the creation of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority.

Mercer: Stronger Super adds pressure on funds

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... fallen from 4,000 in 1996 to approximately 50 today. The introduction of the Stronger Super reforms means the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) will require corporate super funds to meet the same stringent standards faced by banking and ...

Regulators on post-Trio watch

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
... structural changes we have made in the organisation," he said, speaking on a panel comprised of ASIC and Australian Prudential Regulation Authority representatives. "ASIC quite understandably has had to deal with collapses - a lot of bodies that have ...

APRA warns trustees about data integrity

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has written to superannuation fund trustees to outline its expectations on data integrity requirements, warning that while there has been some improvement, funds still have a good way to go before the industry ...

SPAA brands SuperStream costs illogical

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... this increase will collect $9.4 million or $20 per SMSF or $10 per SMSF member, still well above what each Australian Prudential Regulation Authority member will pay. Despite concerns with calls to change the SuperStream levy arrangements, Slattery said ...

Trio investor secures damages from adviser

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
... approximately $180 million in the Trio fraud. Only those who invested in Trio through a fund regulated by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) have been eligible for Federal Government compensation.

APRA: Third line of defence in Trio-style fraud

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
While accepting that the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority could have done more, deputy chairman Ross Jones has moved to distance the regulator from the Trio disaster, placing the blame with trustees and auditors. "APRA's prudential supervision ...

APRA releases final form prudential standards

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has released a set of prudential standards in final form, and a response paper as part of its review of capital standards for general and life insurers. The aims of Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's ...