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FEATURE: Facing the perfect storm

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... the previous year's profit of $3 billion, according to the latest figures from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). Insurers' gross policy expenses went from $6.5 billion in 2012 to $7.1 billion in 2013, with death and disability claims ...

APRA gets Basel III tick

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... international bank subject to the minimum requirements of the Basel Framework." The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority welcomed the Basel Committee's assessment.

Regulators must enforce rules, not write them: Brogden

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... FSC/Deloitte 2014 Future Leaders Awards, Brogden said that the two financial regulators, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), have too often strayed into the arena of writing ...

APRA to scrutinise group insurance risk

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... will be top of the agenda in a number of thematic reviews to be carried out by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), according to the regulator's general manager Greg Brunner. Speaking at the Australian Custodial Services Association's ...

ISA pushes for full transparency

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
... Industry Super Australia (ISA) chief executive David Whiteley. In a submission to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), ISA, which represents a handful of large and medium-sized industry funds, has said it wholly supports APRA's move ...

Men continue to dominate super fund boards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
... fifth of trustee positions being held by women, according to statistics released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). The APRA statistics reveal that the number of women on superannuation fund boards has risen by 6% since 2006, but ...

FSC questions pertinence of APRA super stats

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014
... Financial Services Council (FSC) has questioned the pertinence of figures released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) last week that show the investment returns of not-for-profit superannuation consistently outperforming those of ...

APRA issues warning on group risk

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014
Insurance regulator the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has issued a warning that while the overall life insurance is in reasonable financial shape, sustained pressure on the group risk sector is becoming a strategic threat that insurers ...

SPAA defends status quo on SMSF regulation

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
... comments came in response to a recent survey in which around 75% of people working in the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) regulated superannuation sector said, firstly, that all superannuation should be regulated by one regulator, and ...

QMV to release APRA reporting standards solution

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... and consultant QMV Super Solutions is set to release its own software solution to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) reporting standards, QMV chief executive Brad Goodall has said. The release of this new solution will follow the launch ...