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Tax relief for merging super funds extended

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... Speaking at a Financial Services Council event last year, Australian Prudential Regulation Authority deputy chairman Helen Rowell hit out at superannuation funds which deliver continual poor performance, lack transparency, and face unsustainable outflows ...

Super trustees need better vigilance: APRA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
APRA's deputy chair Helen Rowell hit out at superannuation trustees who incur "inappropriate expenditures" saying that unnecessary costs negatively affect outcomes for members. Speaking to delegates at the 2017 Conference of Major Super Funds (CMSF) ...

Distrust is super's biggest challenge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
... back to honing in on what's in the best interests of the member, not the institution itself," APRA deputy chairman Helen Rowell said. "We see a lot of self-interest, conflict and poor decision making in all parts of the industry, so our focus is on identifying ...

New $70bn MLC fund gives retail access to unlisted

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
... better experience for our members, online and digital services have a fixed cost to invest in." APRA deputy chair Helen Rowell, who also sat on the panel, said the regulator didn't have an opinion on the optimum number or size of super funds, but "scale ...

Super fund outflow ratios cause for concern

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2016
... Banking and Wealth Summit in Sydney yesterday, Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) deputy chairman Helen Rowell described the issue as "critical" and "not getting the attention that it should across the industry." Rowell said the regulator's ...

APRA appoints deputy chair

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
APRA has appointed a new deputy chair. Helen Rowell became an APRA member in 2013 after joining in 2002; prior to that, she was a partner at Towers Perrin. Treasurer Scott Morrison described her as "very well regarded by the financial services industry." ...

Labor opposes super trustee governance bill

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
... these risks." The Labor senators have also said there was an "unprecedented political intervention of APRA member Helen Rowell" who delivered a speech at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) Governance Ideas Exchange Forum in Melbourne ...

Labor questions APRA independence

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
... senators on proposed superannuation trustee legislation. Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) member Helen Rowell told a Senate Economics Legislation Committee yesterday that she spoke with crossbench senators after being approached to do ...

Beware 'apples with apples' super comparisons

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
... according to researcher Rainmaker Information. This week Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) member Helen Rowell told an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) Governance Ideas Exchange Forum that on a number of occasions ...

APRA releases super performance profiles

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... and on the back of about 18 months of ongoing consultation over the reporting framework. In the letter APRA member Helen Rowell said consultation will continue around the disclosure of data reported on fees - including fees paid and activity fees paid ...