APRA

Editorial

The last APRA regulatory failure around HIH Insurance saw heads roll. Mike Taylor asks whether the gravity of the Trio Capital collapse ought not to justify similar punis...

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Superannuation

Reports of payments to a union official and a mandate to a property developer have intensified the spotlight on industry superannuation funds governance....

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Financial planning

The Parliamentary Joint Committee investigating the Trio Capital collapse says it is more troubling than Storm Financial, and the FOFA changes are unlikely to stop a repe...

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Superannuation

Opposition urges action to extend compensation to a wider range of Trio Capital investors....

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Financial planning

APRA has warned banks about ensuring cost-cutting does not result in unintended consequences....

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Financial planning

The Government has confirmed the degree to which the financial services industry will be slugged to deliver on elements of its Stronger Super levy....

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Financial planning

The same regulator critical of financial planner responses in a shadow shopping exercise has turned in a 100 per cent fail in responding to parliamentary questions on tim...

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Editorial

The collapse of Storm Financial and Trio Capital are cited as the catalysts for strengthening the powers of the regulators via FOFA and Stronger Super, but as Mike Taylor...

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Financial planning

APRA reveals just how much it costs to travel and regulate....

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Policy & Regulation

The financial services industry may be obliged to dig deeper to fund the implementation of the Government's Future of Financial Advice changes as well as its Stronger Sup...

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Financial planning

Financial Services Council sponsored research accuses unions and financial planners of "gaming" the default superannuation fund regime....

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Superannuation

Performance should be at the core of selecting default funds under modern awards, according to the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees....

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Editorial

Concerns ASIC and APRA were becoming increasingly politicised were brought to a head during the hearings into the FOFA reforms....

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Superannuation is not keeping up with the evolution of our society, according to Julie Steed....

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Life/Risk

The upcoming APRA standards for life insurance companies should be welcomed by the industry as an opportunity to embed better practices, according to PricewaterhouseCoope...

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