AUSTRALIAN PRUDENTIAL REGULATION AUTHORITY

Superannuation

Nick Bruining takes a serious look at the impact of choice of fund legislation on the asset management and self-managed super arena....

Financial planning

The Federal Government’s top finance industry advisory group - the Financial Sector Advisory Council - is calling on Australia to resist excessive regulation of the finan...

Financial planning

Small superannuation funds experienced the highest growth during the March 2004 quarter, contributing to an overall sector increase of 3.6 per cent and taking total super...

Financial planning

Macquarie Bank today announced the formation of a new funding vehicle for group subsidiaries not directly linked to its banking operations in response to new legislation ...

Life/Risk

Former Australian Securities and Investments Commission chairman David Knott has been recruited by the Insurance Council of Australia to assess public submissions on the ...

Financial planning

The Federal Government has acknowledged inherent flaws within the new Financial Services Reform regime are largely due to the legislation being principle-based rather tha...

Editorial

Master trusts have changed the corporate superannuation landscape to the extent that winding down a fund and outsourcing to a master trust is now de rigeur....

Financial planning

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has banned 13 individuals associated with the Victorian-based Wall and Ceiling Superannuation Fund from acting as trustees ...

Financial planning

Zurich Financial Services Australian chief executive John Butler has resigned after a five year tenure at the helm of the group during what Zurich’s chief executive, inte...

Financial planning

The Federal Government is likely to accept Senate amendments to the Superannuation Safety Amendment Bill when it is returned to the House of Representatives following min...

Financial planning

Two executives of a firm that allows superannuation fund members to redeem their super today appeared in the Gold Coast Magistrates Court charged with making false or mis...

Financial planning

The results are out and on behalf of Money Management, Nick Bruining is proud to announce the winners of the inaugural Felsy Awards....

Financial planning

It promises to be a busy year for advisers and their clients. Andrew Lawless outlines key dates for 2003....

Financial planning

The Australian Policy Traders (APT) group is set to make another grab for investors wanting to exit AM Corporation’s troubled Diversified Traded Policies (DTP) fund....

Accounting

An accountant and his daughter were sentenced to jail by the County Court of Victoria after being found guilty of intending to permanently deprive their clients of more t...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Entireti has unveiled the new name for the AMP financial advice businesses that it acquired last year....

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Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, has provided further information about the second tranche of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms....

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