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Property bubble debate heats up

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... this was "certainly the case in higher priced areas in Melbourne." Fraser joined the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), which recently reviewed bank lending standards for property investors and last December warned lenders not to increase ...

Risk inflows up despite tightening margins

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... strongest performer in the group risk sub-market. This news follows recent comments by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), reported in Financial Standard, concerning the regulator's strategies to deal with risk and business management ...

Australia's super pool now more than $2 trillion

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... quarter of 2015, now standing at more than $2 trillion, official data shows. The latest Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) figures also show that total assets in MySuper products grew by 6.2% over the same period, now reported at more ...

APRA releases super performance profiles

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) said it will continue to ensure confidential information of superannuation institutions cannot be derived from the regulator's published statistics. The pledge came in a recent APRA letter to Registrable ...

Superannuation trustees under the spotlight: APRA

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... understanding of their fund's investment strategy and underlying investments, according to Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) member Helen Rowell. Speaking at a recent banking and wealth summit in Sydney, Rowell said some trustees are ...

APRA releases super reporting standards

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released 31 reporting standards for the superannuation industry, five of which are still open for further consultation. The final reporting standards will commence on 30 June or 1 July and changes ...

Super industry views sought on data collection

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
... superannuation reporting requirements proposed for the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) published a recent ABS letter regarding the consultation package aiming to address preliminary feedback from ...

Super breaks $2trn on way to $9trn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
... official figures are yet to confirm the $2 trillion marker has been crossed, since the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) confirmed superannuation assets had reached $1.934 trillion at end December and that in the following months equities ...

Competition for annuities likely to remain low

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... in this product and would be surprised if trustees gave it much consideration." The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) deputy chairman Ian Laughlin highlighted the regulatory challenges that difficult competition in the annuities space ...

Suncorp Life appoints distribution GM

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
... that the group insurance industry has faced. The latest statistics released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) show that revenue and profits for the 12 months to June 2014 have remained flat for life insurance companies. However ...