FOFA amendments attempt to shore up old model that will be undercut by online services. ...
FSC calls for tax and policy certainty on infrastructure investment while pointing to benefits of scale evolving out of super fund consolidation....
Colonial First State said it supports the three-day turn-around for superannuation member transfers. ...
The rate of growth for SMSFs in Australia has tapered slightly, but they now number over half a million, according to the latest data released by APRA. ...
The Small Independent Superannuation Funds Association has renamed itself the Self-managed Independent Superannuation Funds Association in a move it claims better reflect...
Industry Super Australia claims the nature of the relationship between planners and clients limits the ability of retail funds to invest in infrastructure....
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees claims APRA data shows not-for-profit funds emerged clear winners....
Group insurance arrangements for life insurance may be tightened after APRA released draft guidelines aimed at limiting premium increases and requiring more information f...
Despite talks of member outflows to SMSFs, industry funds have achieved the largest asset increase of all in the last financial year, according to APRA data released yest...
Grandfathering – specifically the transition of pre-existing commission-based advice fees into the new FOFA arrangements – was an industry football that kept getting kick...
New APRA draft places expectations on group insurers about how they handle claims....
An industry body representing SMSFs has rejected the idea of the sector being regulated by APRA, claiming the current framework is sufficient....
The SMSF sector showed solid asset growth in the three months to 30 September 2013, according to the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia. ...
The new super contribution level has pushed employer contributions to record levels and will spur asset managers to seek greater efficiencies....
The Auditor-General suggests APRA should consult more and give greater detail about financial sector levies....
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...