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Financial planning

Small superannuation funds continue to grow quicker than other fund types after their total assets grew by $9.5 billion over the December quarter, according to the latest...

Funds management

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) is seeking to gauge public and industry opinion regarding ‘fit and proper’ prudential standards for life insurance e...

Editorial

Promina Group, formerly Royal & SunAlliance, has reported solid performance in its first year as a listed and rebranded entity with each of its three business units contr...

Financial planning

Superannuation assets rose 3.2 per cent to reach just shy of $550 billion at the end of the September quarter 2003, according to the Australian Prudential Regulation Auth...

Financial planning

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has accepted an enforceable undertaking from a third former AM Corporation director in light of its investigation in...

Funds management

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has announced it will review the risk management practices of all authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADIs) with...

Superannuation

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has issued a blunt message to self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) warning the honeymoon period in its regulation of the sector ...

Financial planning

Australia’s 40 registered life insurers have increased the total assets held collectively by nearly three per cent to $181.5 billion but lost out heavily on new premium i...

Financial planning

Industry superannuation funds led the broader bounce back in superannuation assets under management for the June 2003 quarter, after posting an 8.5 per cent rise or $4.4 ...

Financial planning

AMP Limited has cleared one of the final hurdles to the demerger of its Australian and UK operations, following receipt today of ‘in principle’ approval from the Australi...

Funds management

Superannuation fund members have been warned against engaging the services of individuals or companies promoting early access to retirement benefits and threatened with s...

Financial planning

The Australian Parliament’s primary supervisory watchdog, the Australian National Audit Office, has recommended tightening the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’...

Funds management

The Australian Tax Office (ATO) and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) have launched a new online registration system to streamline the starting up of ...

Editorial

Despite the flurry of interest they generated when introduced to the Australian market, the take up of hedge funds has been slow. Ben Abbott reports....

Financial planning

The Australian Labor Party (ALP) has emerged as the only major critic of the superannuation deal struck between the Government and the Australian Democrats to introduce a...

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