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APRA proposes more stringent liquidity reporting

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
... forms and their associated instructions. The industry body says that the proposed changes will improve its ability to monitor ADI liquidity, especially in relation to the new Basel III global liquidity standards. The proposed new standards include more ...

Outsourcing risk worries APRA

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
Concern over banks increasing their use of overseas outsourcing without appropriate due diligence, has been flagged by the Prudential Regulation Authority in its Insight paper, published earlier in the week. A focus on cost control by Australian deposit ...

Treasury seeks to boost APRA powers

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
Proposed new changes from Treasury would see the prudential regulator awarded pre-emptive powers to remove trustees, directors or officers of a superannuation fund where a breach of law was anticipated. The move was part of a broad-reaching consultation ...

Grexit and the games people play

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
It is ironic that the country that brought the world the story of the "Sword of Damocles" is itself now that very sword dangling precariously above the heads of world financial markets. Any moment now. Events in Greece over the past few days have jacked ...

QE going, going ...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
Disappointed at yesterday's report that another QE is not forthcoming? Weep and sulk now for we might not see Ben's green stuff minting machine back ever again - in this current cycle, at least. No sir. Especially not after last night's reports further ...

APRA: Investment world still clouded with uncertainty

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
... it appeared to be broadening," said Laker. The APRA chair believes that the larger authorised deposit taking institutions (ADI) here are now "much better positioned to cope with a loss of access to global funding for a period" than they were in 2008. ...

Smaller lenders to take brunt of Basel III reforms

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
Smaller institutions such as credit unions and building societies are likely to be hardest hit by the Basel III capital reforms, said PwC, following the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's release of a discussion paper on the subject. APRA ...

YBR launches term deposits

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011
... deposits. Yellow Brick Road term deposits are issued by Gateway Credit Union, a major Authorised Deposit-taking Institution (ADI) and become the first non- bank issued product of its kind in Australia. The company is looking to relieve the major banks' ...

APRA cautions against cloud computing

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has expressed its concern of the use of cloud computing in the financial services industry. In a letter written to the industry, APRA clearly advises all deposit-taking institutions (ADIs), general ...

SMSFs more sensitive to advice fees: report

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
The global financial crisis has made self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees more sensitive to fees, with 15 per cent of those surveyed in a new Investment Trends research expecting to pay less to access financial advice. The new research gives a glimpse ...