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Super funds in pole position for expanded advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
Superannuation funds will have a leg up over life insurers and banks once the federal government implements its proposal to expand financial advice. This is according to industry experts who say that super funds are in good stead to bolster the availability ...

Bragg calls for another Financial System Inquiry, critiques ASIC, APRA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2024
Senator Andrew Bragg has called for another Financial System Inquiry (FSI) to address "structural problems" in the twin peaks of financial sector regulation, ASIC and APRA. In his speech to the Financial Services Council (FSC), Bragg argued that "clear ...

New caps can increase super contributions: SMSFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
... additional disposable income to contribute to superannuation, according to the SMSF Association. From 1 July 2024, the standard concessional contribution cap will increase from $27,500 to $30,000. The non-concessional contribution cap - which is expressed ...

ASIC vigilant on bad SMSF advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... ASIC has deregistered 14 SMSF auditors and imposed conditions on 17 others so far in the 2024 financial year. Financial Standard is the official media partner of the 2024 SMSF Association National Conference.

ATO cracks down on illegal early SMSF access

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... size, scale and trajectory of the risks as well as gather intelligence to help address them, Rosenzweig said. Financial Standard is the official media partner of the 2024 SMSF Association National Conference.

SMSFA reappoints Hay-Bartlem as chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... staying actively involved in discussions with government, stakeholders, regulators and policy makers," he said. Financial Standard is the official media partner of the 2024 SMSF Association National Conference.

Reforms will strengthen retirement advice: Experts

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... journey will include an APRA-regulated fund and in some cases it might even include the [both]," she said. Financial Standard is the official media partner of the 2024 SMSF Association National Conference.

Aussies do not underspend in retirement, say super funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
Australians are not underspending in retirement and are typically exhausting all their savings, research shows, sparking a call for advice reforms to be expedited, allowing contributions to be made in retirement, and no mandated use of annuities by ...

APRA proposes updated operational risk financial requirements

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024
... released a discussion paper on potential changes to operational risk financial requirements which are set out in Prudential Standard SPS 114 Operational Risk Financial Requirement (ORFR). The essence of the revisions was to ensure RSE licensees can better ...

Conference to address major SMSF issues

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2024
... will be held at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre (BCEC) between February 21 and 23. Heffron told Financial Standard that APRA-regulated super funds have experienced a lot of regulatory and legislative interference in the last couple of years. ...