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ASIC should regulate SMSFs as a financial product: PwC

LAURA MILLAN | WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014

... more consumer protection and suggested that ASIC should regulate SMSFs as financial products, while the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) should oversee and develop policy to "prevent a build-up of systemic risks related to SMSFs." The ...

APRA requests more decision-making power

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | MONDAY, 7 APR 2014

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has used its submission to the Financial System Inquiry to call for increased independence from government. APRA's submission argues that it needs more freedom to regulate the banking, superannuation ...

Front-runners

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 7 APR 2014

... Have their trades been front-run and skimmed by HFTs (high frequency traders)? It's become big news that Australia's prudential regulator - the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) - has reportedly threatened to clamp down on hyper ...

Life insurers need more 'wise old heads': APRA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014

... historical perspective and avoid falling into the same traps, according to Ian Laughlin, deputy chair of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). Laughlin said that the drop in the average age of management - though a positive in some respects ...

ASFA and AIST push for tighter regulation of SMSFs

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014

... coordination between regulatory bodies, and for there to be a requirement for them to consider efficiency as well as prudential oversight." The movement to SMSFs represents a significant outflow of funds from APRA regulated funds, particularly as SMSF ...

CBA asks Murray inquiry to remove super from awards

LAURA MILLAN | TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014

... argued that trustees have only recently gone through "the rigorous and costly process" of achieving the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) MySuper product authorisation. "For trustees to now have to apply to another body for the right ...

FEATURE: Facing the perfect storm

LAURA MILLAN | FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014

... decrease of 31.3% from the previous year's profit of $3 billion, according to the latest figures from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). Insurers' gross policy expenses went from $6.5 billion in 2012 to $7.1 billion in 2013, with ...

AllianceBernstein appoints MD of insto relationships

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014

... to that, he was a senior investment consultant with Mercer and Jacques Martin Hewitt in Australia, and a director at Prudential Corporate Markets. "We're delighted that Sasho is returning to Australia to be part of the AllianceBernstein team here," AllianceBernstein ...

APRA gets Basel III tick

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014

... that facing any other international bank subject to the minimum requirements of the Basel Framework." The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority welcomed the Basel Committee's assessment.

Regulators must enforce rules, not write them: Brogden

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014

... launch of the FSC/Deloitte 2014 Future Leaders Awards, Brogden said that the two financial regulators, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), have too often strayed into ...

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Global X awards mandate for ETF business

ELIZA BAVIN

Global X has awarded a new custody and administration mandate for its Australian ETF business.

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA

Bell Asset Management has formally launched its Australian Small Companies Fund, which is run by former Tyndall Asset Management portfolio managers.

Former Australian Ethical finance chief lands new gig

MATTHEW WAI

The former chief financial officer of the ethical investment manager has joined a local finance company after wrapping up his tenure at AUB Group.

MySuper assets pursue $1.5tn Choice sector

KARREN VERGARA

MySuper assets are fast catching up to the $1.5 trillion Choice sector, hitting nearly $1.2 trillion in the March quarter.

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