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ASIC, APRA slam premium hikes

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2023
... insurers are underhandedly hiking premiums in a way that is misleading and fails to explain why they are rising, according to APRA and ASIC, warning that they will take regulatory action if practices do not improve. The regulators have reprimanded life ...

How young Australians are missing out on better super returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2023
... parking their retirement savings in default MySuper products, instead of exploring other investment options. Analysis of APRA data by Innova Asset Management revealed that an all-equities portfolio, spread across Australian and international shares ...

Internal teams to manage 43% of super FUM by 2043: Data

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2023
While just 17% of APRA-regulated superannuation fund under management is currently overseen by internal investment teams, it's estimated this will balloon to almost half the total FUM come 2043. Presently, about 23% of not-for-profit (NFP) super funds' ...

'Significant deficiencies' lead APRA to act against NGS Super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2023
... and an investigation was commenced, alongside comprehensive cybersecurity protocols and enhanced network monitoring. Today, APRA said the incident "involved a significant amount of data being lost." APRA said the decision to implement the additional ...

APRA flags premium volatility in superannuation group life insurance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2023
APRA has lifted the lid on the key sustainability challenges of group life insurance in superannuation, notably premium volatility and data availability. At the end of 2022, APRA conducted a survey involving RSE licensees, life insurers, and reinsurers ...

On-platform TDPs miss performance test benchmarks, worst on fees: APRA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2023
APRA has released new insights into superannuation product performance, revealing that most on-platform trustee directed products (TDPs) underperform their benchmark and exhibit higher administration fees. The prudential regulator's analysis based on ...

Super funds increasing offshore investment, currency hedging lessens: NAB

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023
... previous year. The report, which surveyed 41 funds comprising 85% of the sector's assets under management (AUM) as per APRA data, noted that large funds spearheaded the trend towards international assets. NAB executive, markets corporate and institutional ...

Treasury mulls reforming use of genetic test results by life insurers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023
... For instance, insurers can use results where the total amount of lump sum death cover is greater than $500,000. However, APRA statistics show the average sum of insured individual policies of lump sum death cover - excluding group cover - is about $714,000. ...

Small, large entity regulation needs balance: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2023
... don't suffer unnecessary regulatory burdens to avoid a similar scenario in the US with the collapse of regional banks, APRA says. APRA chair John Lonsdale boasted about confidence in Australia's prudential regulation in contrast to a series of ...

Product modernisation will strengthen retirement outcomes: FSC

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023
... added. "The FSC encourages the government to act to protect consumers from being trapped in underperforming products that APRA has publicly identified, by implementing a product modernisation framework that allows superannuation trustees to transfer ...