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AUSTRALIAN PRUDENTIAL REGULATION AUTHORITY

Superannuation

SMSFs should be responsible for their wins and losses, which is why there should be no special statutory safety net for them when it comes to fraud, according to Challeng...

Financial planning

APRA urges continuing bipartisanship on regulation

APRA’s Charles Littrell argues the case for political bipartisanship on supporting the financial services regulators....

Superannuation

Little separating SMSF performance from other funds, says fundie

There is very little difference between the average investment performance of SMSFs and APRA-regulated funds, says fund executive....

Superannuation

APRA at odds with Coalition on independent directors

APRA has signaled an important difference in view on superannuation fund governance to that expressed by the Federal Opposition and the Financial Services Council. ...

Superannuation

SMSF sector now too big for the regulators to ignore – or let fail

Mike Taylor writes that recent actions on the part of both ASIC and APRA suggest that the SMSF sector has become too large for any of the regulators to ignore....

Editorial

SMSF sector now too big for the regulators to ignore – or let fail

Mike Taylor writes that recent actions on the part of both ASIC and APRA suggest that the SMSF sector has become too large for any of the regulators to ignore....

Superannuation

APRA told to call a regulatory spade a spade

APRA told not to seek to hide behind forms of words when dealing with superannuation regulatory intentions....

Financial planning

Financial regulators dragging the chain

A new survey reveals how slowly financial services regulators are responding to politicians’ questions....

Superannuation

When can another person takeover as an SMSF trustee?

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....

Life/Risk

APRA to remove confidentiality of insurance data

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

Life/Risk

Direct life insurance – a friend or foe of financial advisers?

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...

Superannuation

Superannuation assets continue to grow

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. ...

Life/Risk

Life sector remains strong

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...

Superannuation

Why SMSFs now set the superannuation benchmark

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...