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Property bubble debate heats up

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... added that 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 ...

Risk inflows up despite tightening margins

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... the 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 ...

Treasury examining ASX monopoly

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... Council's advice very carefully," Frydenberg said. In the same speech, Frydenberg also targeted streamlining financial regulation as a priority. He noted the growing importance of making local regulation more compatible with global markets while still ...

Draft amendments to OTC rules released

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... (Derivatives) Amendment Determination 2015 (No. 1) and the Corporations Amendment (Central Clearing and Single-Sided Reporting) Regulation 2015. Submissions close on Friday 26 June and can be lodged online or by post.

FoFA among top 20 global regulatory nightmares

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
The Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reform is one of the 20 most challenging pieces of regulation globally, according to a survey of 600 compliance professionals across the world. The 'Cost of compliance 2015' report by Thomson Reuters asked compliance ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... governors of the Group of Seven (G7) wealthiest nations are meeting in Dresden to discuss the global economy and financial regulation, with Athens on the agenda amid stubborn fears of a Greek eurozone exit. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble ...

Risk management top worry for asset owners

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... Paribas Securities Services' Ian Perkins said the result was "far above the traditional worries that have stemmed from regulation in recent years." "The increasingly complex nature of risk management will hit asset owners at the bottom line, with [about] ...

Australia's super pool now more than $2 trillion

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... first 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 ...

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 ...

Asian equities on the rise

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... things are very dynamic and companies are constantly having to adapt and change; so it could be tehcnology, it could be regulation, all those things are in some way forcing some change. And I think that companies that don't change will not do well in ...