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TAL urges trustees to review default insurance benefits

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... insurance cover offered by their funds meet member needs, according to specialist life insurer, TAL. APRA's proposed Prudential Standard SPS250 will require trustees to develop a life insurance strategy for their fund, and to consider whether the insurance ...

Bogus super fund a wake-up call for investors: ASIC

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... return and a $500 rollover bonus. Swiss Private is not a Registrable Superannuation Entity Licensee for Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) purposes, and Aussie Super is not an APRA-registered superannuation fund. ASIC Commissioner Greg ...

Actuaries Institute gives guidance on FCRs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... provide useful information to assist trustees in the development of their risk appetite statements as required by the new prudential standards. They provide both a methodology for the trustee and a clear demonstration as to how they reached their conclusion," ...

Challenger ready for new capital rules

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... announced a $50 million injection into the buy-back program over the next six months. Rules set out by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) require companies like Challenger that guarantee payments, to hold enough capital new make good ...

CCH to handle First Super compliance admin

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
Compliance and reporting specialist CCH has partnered with First Super to help comply with the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA)'s more extensive reporting requirements. The new rules, which come into force from July 2013, require all ...

Some retail fund members pay double for insurance: AIST

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... The research - 'Superannuation and insurance: Related parties and member cost" - a working paper by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), was presented at AIST's research symposium held in Melbourne. APRA used data from its regular collections ...

APRA proposes more stringent liquidity reporting

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's (APRA) latest discussion paper proposes changes to standards for liquidity reporting for authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADIs). The consultation package includes seven draft reporting forms and ...

APRA changes to Super data collection unrealistic: IQ Group

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... Office," Sammells stated. "These new data requirements effectively make APRA a product regulator as well as a fund prudential regulator and inevitably will require APRA and ASIC to review their relationship."

AvSuper chairman to step down

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
... introducing member investment choice, establishing post retirement pension products and worked closely with Australian Prudential Regulation Authority to put in place a MySuper offering for the beginning of 2013.

APRA releases MySuper transition guidance

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2012
The prudential regulator announced today that it has released for public consultation its draft guidance for the transfer of funds under the MySuper legislation. The guidance is intended to assist registerable superannuation entity (RSE) licensees to ...