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APRA urges trustees to adhere to industry standards

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
The Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority is calling on superannuation fund trustees to ensure the outsourced marketers and product designers of their funds are adhering to industry standards and that the trustees at all times are ultimately responsible. ...

ANZ shows increased profit and deposit growth

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... on its books and $43.2 billion of residential investment mortgages according to the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority's June banking statistics. It had $71.5 billion worth of household deposits registered in the same month, the statistics said. ...

BNP Paribas gains Aust banking licence

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... wholly-owned subsidiary, BNP Paribas Securities Services, granted a banking licence by the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority. The licence will allow the bank to provide custody and clearing solutions from 2012 onwards, specifically targeting ...

Rising oil prices add to sovereign risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... developed by ASFA in conjunction with the Financial Services Council, ASIC, and the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority, would be finalised in the next two months. "It will start to create a broader benchmark to help fund trustees to have a benchmark ...

Olive branch for SMSF art investors

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
... self-managed super funds looking to hold art need to restructure their fund to a Small APRA (Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority) Fund by appointing an independent professional trustee to act as trustee of these funds. This method gives the fund ...

UniSuper appoints key advice execs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
... also worked as head of legal and compliance at Australian Unity and as a lawyer at the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA). In this role, Holandsjo will be responsible for product and research and overall operations of the department. Aracas ...

ESI Super appoints NAB as custodian

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2009
... unit prices for super members and pension members respectively," noted the fund. "The Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) considers it prudent risk management for superannuation funds of our size to have such a service and the Trustee is ...

HBOS Australia gives Lloyds thumbs up

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
... including BankWest". BankWest is currently a stand-alone entity, fully regulated by the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA). HBOS said it retains a strong capital base and liquidity position. "This acquisition can only strengthen that position," ...

Retail super weigh in on transparency debate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2008
... Wednesday, Industry Super Network (ISN) executive manager, David Whiteley called for the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) to publish a performance table which allowed investors to compare their fund against another. Whiteley said the ...

Super fund reporting should be standardised: ISN

... the stockmarket in the past year, ISN executive manager David Whiteley called for the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) to publish a results "league table" that investors could refer to when comparing their fund against alternatives. ...