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Bank of Queensland slapped with EU

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2023
APRA and AUSTRAC have agreed to a court enforceable undertaking (CEU) following weakness in the bank's risk management and money laundering controls. APRA said it's acted following several beaches or its prudential standards and a review that ...

No regrets: Hayne reflects on Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2023
... business. Mandating Target Market Determinations and Direct Distribution Obligations, and instilling more powers into ASIC and APRA, were some of the effects. The fallout also included the near decimation of the financial advice sector, which saw the ...

Treasury proposes upping supervisory levies

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2023
... the Financial Institutions Supervisory Levies for the 2023-24 financial year, including a $7.2 million budgetary boost for APRA. Treasury papers revealed the total funding required under the levies in 2023-24 for all relevant Commonwealth agencies is ...

MySuper inches to $1tn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2023
... year to March saw MySuper assets grow 5.1% to surpass the previous high reached in December 2021 of $947 billion, the latest APRA statistics show. The total superannuation asset pool hit $3.5 trillion, increasing steadily at 1.1% year on year. Contribution ...

AFCA outlines systemic issues in wealth management

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2023
... claimed that locating and proving these records would be time-consuming and expensive, AFCA escalated the matter to ASIC and APRA. Another troubling discovery pertained to the inappropriate lapse of members' default insurance. AFCA said a trustee ...

APRA finalises rules for financial crisis readiness

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023
Finalising new prudential standards, APRA is aiming to bolster banks, insurers, and superannuation trustees' resilience against future financial crises. APRA hopes the new standards will equip these financial entities with strategies to counteract threats ...

Super funds must prioritise member experience: Consultant

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023
... to ensure their social media handles provide relevant and helpful information to members," Bathi said. Finally, previous APRA Cyber Security Results revealed an increase in sophisticated cyber incidents in the superannuation industry. Earlier this year ...

Hostplus surpasses $100bn in FUM

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023
Hostplus says the growth has been driven by a combination of mergers and strong member growth. According to APRA data, as of June 2022 the fund had about $82.5 billion in FUM. Less than 12 months later, it has tipped over $100 billion, held on behalf ...

AustralianSuper mistake spurs call for regulatory intervention

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2023
... calling on all funds to review their processes and follow AustralianSuper's example by reporting the outcome to ASIC and APRA. Where funds are not complying, we expect strong transparent action from the funds and regulators. "It's important we ...

Cbus, EISS Super finalise merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2023
... 18 months on from the funds signing a Memorandum of Understanding in December 2021. This followed EISS Super being told by APRA that it must merge, as well as a failed merger attempt with TWUSUPER. Cbus chair Wayne Swan said preparation for the merger ...