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Retail funds cheer super board governance bill

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
... professionals from more diverse backgrounds for director roles. However, the government's proposal to give the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) additional powers to determine what makes a director independent has angered industry superannuation ...

Regulators put super funds on notice

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... findings on inconsistent fee disclosure practices and superannuation management and investment product issues. Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) head of investment risk, Craig Roodt, also spoke at the conference and said the regulator ...

REST appoints exec from SSFS

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... governance and controls are in place. Budge's past experience in financial services includes senior roles at the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), The Trust Company, MLC and St George Bank. He holds a Bachelor of Law from Macquarie University ...

APRA trustee reforms, definition of independence yet to be finalised

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2015
... legislation will be amended to provide more detail on the definition of 'independent' in the law, rather than in APRA's prudential standards, the definition of independent has not yet been finalised." Nevertheless the discussion paper notes that "The ...

Shaw lands wave of Macquarie advisers

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... grown with the appointment of former UBS director and adviser Simon Forbes, who has also held advice roles at Citi and Prudential Bache. Speaking to Financial Standard in July, Evans said that Shaw was hiring advisers with strong educational qualifications ...

Four pillars policy is killing innovation: research

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
... is significantly less innovation. "The level of innovation may not be as high as is feasible and barriers, including prudential regulatory barriers to entry or expansion, mean that the extent of rivalry is unlikely to change without some form of promotion ...

MySuper impacts AMP investment revenue

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... compression may be volatile from period to period as MySuper transitions take place," AMP said. Yesterday the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) also released its June quarter MySuper statistics, showcasing that the MySuper segment now ...

Super governance changes questioned

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... sufficient as there are already clear obligations for directors in legally binding standards set by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). The paper says "it is difficult to identify existing gaps or areas where APRA does not already ...

Super outstrips other channels in disability risk profits

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... superannuation is outstripping comparable insurance products sold directly. The latest quarterly statistics from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) show that both the super and traditional channels are struggling to make disability ...

New draft super governance standards released

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... released exposure draft legislation proposing changes to strengthen the governance arrangements for all Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) regulated superannuation funds. Consistent with both the 2010 Cooper Review and the Financial System ...