regulation

Superannuation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has acknowledged the stark choices facing superannuation funds in dealing with the new low-balance fee cap – increasing the...

Superannuation

Prime Super will abolish administration fees for super accounts with balances under $6,000 from 1 July, after assessing the impact the Protecting Your Super reforms would...

Editorial

Scott Morrison’s election victory may have offered super funds temporary relief where franking credit reforms are concerned. With dividend imputation credits expected to ...

Superannuation

IOOF has declared its confidence that it can meet the June deadline for meeting the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’s requirements around its superannuation bu...

Superannuation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has put a number of financial institutions on notice that their governance arrangements are such that they risk being subje...

Superannuation

Wilson Asset Management chair, Geoff Wilson believes the Senate cross-benchers will help persuade a Labor Government to at least amend its policy on removing refundable f...

Financial advice

Industry fund HostPlus has been made to pay a $12,600 infringement notice penalty for claiming its advice was ‘independent’....

Superannuation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has warned superannuation funds that they have a higher duty to member best interests and may be held to account when it co...

Superannuation

The standardisation of group insurance terms and conditions could help achieve some of the Banking Royal Commission’s recommendations, a leading insurance law firm has sa...

Insurance

Maurice Blackburn Lawyers has called on the Federal Government to implement mandatory and enforceable codes of practice for the insurance industry....

Post retirement

Despite Australia having a comparatively limited retirement income product offering, a regulatory framework created over two decades ago stymies companies wanting to laun...

Superannuation

Superannuation funds have largely ignored the after-tax investing obligations that the Stronger Super reforms embedded into the law, implementation manager Parametric has...

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Grant Banner

From my perspective, 40- 50% of people are likely going to be deeply unhappy about how long they actually live. ...

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Kevin Gorman

Super director remuneration ...

1 year 10 months ago
Anthony Asher

No doubt true, but most of it is still because over 45’s have been upgrading their houses with 30 year mortgages. Money ...

1 year 10 months ago

Australia’s largest super funds have deepened private markets exposure, scaled internal investment capability, and balanced liquidity as competition and consolidation int...

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The $205 billion super fund has appointed Simon Warner as chief investment officer (CIO) following a global search to replace outgoing Damian Graham....

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A new report warns that complexity in Australia’s super system could strip retirees of up to $136,000 in lifetime income....

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