APRA manager confirms the regulator has knocked back six MySuper applications, while the volume of funds applying is lower than expected....

MLC’s Jessica Silva outlines situations where another person can or must act as an SMSF trustee for a person who is unable to do so themselves....

APRA wants to remove the confidentiality status of data collected from Australia’s major insurers....

We can buy everything online – clothes, shoes, cars, holidays – so it is only natural that the direct life insurance channel is becoming part of the online tsunami. How t...

Total estimated assets for the superannuation fund sector rose by $192.2 billion to $1.51 trillion over the 12 months to 31 December 2012, according to APRA. ...

The life insurance remains one of the more buoyant sectors of the financial services industry, according to the latest data released by the Australian Prudential Regulati...

Both industry and retail superannuation funds are trying to emulate SMSFs by providing more choice and flexibility for their members. But as Damon Taylor writes, many cla...

Will 2013 be the defining year for self-managed super funds? Bryan Ashenden's policy overview discusses the implications for advisers....

A major industry superannuation fund is changing its legal structure to allow SMSFs to invest in its underlying investment platform....

Victims of the Trio collapse are threatening to campaign against the Government during the upcoming Federal election, alleging a cover-up encompassing the regulators....

APRA has signalled it regards lending to SMSFs by banks as potentially riskier than other forms of lending....

In the wake of APRA's warning that loans to SMSFs are more complex than those in a traditional retail environment, Craig Morgan, director of SMSF Loans, has voiced his di...

APRA has sought to influence the debate around lending within SMSFs via its regulation of lending institutions....

ASFA's Pauline Vamos argues that 2013 is the dawn of a new era for superannuation, and that the industry will cater to those who own it – the members....