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Super fund reporting requirements 'a dog's breakfast'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
... members can access clearer, more meaningful, and more consistent information about their fund. "Decades of scattergun regulation has resulted in a dog's breakfast of reporting requirements; it's confusing for members and onerous for funds," Jones ...

Never been more optimistic: Abood

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... also pointed to the willingness of government and regulators to work with advisers on solving the problems of over regulation. "Governments consulting on ways to improve the adviser exam and bringing more flexibility to the education standards. The Australian ...

Private market investment impediments not insurmountable: Frontier

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2022
... sector. Specific to super, Frontier said governments could encourage private market investments by providing stability of regulation and clarity. While supportive of legislated objective for super policy to be assessed against, likewise a key tenant ...

New rules on the way for BNPL sector

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2022
The government is looking to implement stricter regulation for the buy now, pay later industry, releasing an options paper for consultation. According to minister for financial services Stephen Jones, the number of active BNPL accounts grew from five ...

Igneo buys NZ energy distributor

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2022
... in the management and operation of regulated utilities. Our expertise in disciplines including project management, regulation and asset management are as applicable to electricity networks as they are to gas pipelines." "We have a gas distribution network ...

ASIC suspends FTX Australia's licence

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2022
... Australia's administrators. In a letter to staff about the FTX catastrophe, Monochrome chief executive Jeff Yew said: "As regulation for crypto exchanges, or in Australia we refer to as digital currency exchanges (DCE), is still in its early formative ...

TAL launches Professional Year platform

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022
... industry-aligned courses, while supervisors can access a full overview of hours and activity and sort those by type or regulation area, as well as utilise the quick sign-off function. Licensees are also provided with a full picture of their candidates ...

The future of defined contribution asset allocation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2022
Strategy discussions around defined contribution workplace saving tend to focus on plan design and engagement but questions of asset allocation are also critical, according to a discussion summary of the most recent Jasper Forum. The Forum was led by ...

QAR leaves insurance commissions alone

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022
A new paper from the Quality of Advice Review recommends life insurance commissions be retained, but additional disclosure rules be introduced to ensure clients consent to the payments. In August, the first proposals paper from the Quality of Advice ...

New APRA chair named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2022
... - a rapidly shifting macro-economic environment, rapid technological development that challenge business models and regulation, cyber threats, insurance affordability pressures, climate change and improving the performance of our superannuation system ...