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Financial planning

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has decided to keep the countercyclical capital buffer for authorised deposit-taking institutions on hold at zero per cent....

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Superannuation

APRA could have identified poorly performing superannuation funds sooner and before the Royal Commission if it had actually collected and used the right data, according t...

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People & Products

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has granted Volt Bank an Authorised Deposit-Taking Institution licence. ...

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Policy & Regulation

The IOOF acquisition of the ANZ pensions and investments business has been delayed to meet the requirements resulting from last year’s Australian Prudential Regulation Au...

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Funds management

Australian neobank, Xinja has launched its second equity crowdfunding campaign on the Equitise platform....

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Superannuation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority claims the Productivity Commission has vindicated its approach to superannuation....

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has signalled its willingness to pursue tough and prolonged litigation in the wake of Friday’s Prime Trust win....

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Superannuation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has not waited on passage of Government legislation and has, instead, set new prudential requirements to support an outcome...

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Financial planning

The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority’s business plan has revealed the financial adviser exam will cost millions and be the authority’s single biggest expe...

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Policy & Regulation

Documentation examined during the Royal Commission suggests the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority was actively considering whether pursuing litigation would answ...

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Policy & Regulation

A new research paper developed by three academics has urged the imposition of an over-arching assessment board to oversight the effectiveness of the Australian Securities...

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Policy & Regulation

IOOF managing director, Christopher Kelaher and chairman George Venardos have stepped aside from their positions pending the outcome of the Australian Prudential Regulati...

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’s regulatory action against IOOF has prompted ANZ to “review” the sale of its wealth businesses to IOOF....

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has initiated action against IOOF including seeking the disqualification of its most senior executives, including managing ...

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Superannuation

The Royal Commission has heard that the time-table attaching to the AMP superannuation fund boards’ decision to cut MySuper fees by 50 basis points was devised elsewhere ...

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