Regulators discuss streamlining some supervision operationsBY ALEX DUNNIN | MONDAY, 12 FEB 2007 11:06AMTen years after the Wallis Financial System Inquiry and eight years after the creation of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), the bodies are in discussions about how to streamline some aspects of their supervision operations. |
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