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Housing is cooling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2017
... suggests further weakness in housing finance in the coming months. More so, when the latest round of the Australian Prudential Regulations Authority's (APRA) macro-prudential restrictions start flowing through into the property market and previous moves ...

UniSuper obtains public offer licence

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017
... research sector," the fund said. Financial Standard understands the new public offer licence was issued by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority earlier this year. Over the past year, a number of industry super funds have moved to open membership ...

Tax relief for merging super funds extended

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... competitiveness of Australia's superannuation industry. Speaking at a Financial Services Council event last year, Australian Prudential Regulation Authority deputy chairman Helen Rowell hit out at superannuation funds which deliver continual poor performance ...

Increased APRA levies provide regulator with more power

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... authorised deposit-taking institutions and their executives will be introduced by the Federal Government. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has been allocated $28.6 million over the next four years to initiate new regulatory activities ...

Let me down gently

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) must be breathing a sigh of relief at the latest housing finance figures indicating a slowdown in the country's property market. The bubbling Australian property ...

RBA dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
... threatens domestic financial stability and by extension, the overall economy. The RBA certainly welcomes the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's (APRA) recently-announced additional macro-prudential restrictions on residential mortgage lending. ...

Insurers face significant asset risk charges from downgrade

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2016
... companies that are required to follow the Life and General Insurance Capital (LAGIC) Standards introduced by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) in 2013. "The credit stress portion of LAGIC's overall asset risk charge (ARC) is rating-based ...

Life revenue drops, profit increases

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2016
... 36.1% drop in total revenue. Releasing its quarterly life insurance performance statistics yesterday, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) said in the past 12 months life insurers posted total revenue of $28 billion, mainly comprised ...

Brexit won't impact Australia greatly: Treasurer

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
... federal government earlier this month reflecting the combined views of the Reserve Bank of Australia, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, and Treasury. Treasurer Scott Morrison said the ...

SuperGuard360 gives SMSF trustees greater protection

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
... To compound the problem, as SMSF members are also trustees of their funds they are not regulated by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). This means they do not have the same protection and assistance as other super funds if things go ...