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APRA requests more decision-making power

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has used its submission to the Financial System Inquiry to call for increased independence from government. APRA's submission argues that it needs more freedom to regulate the banking, superannuation ...

Life insurers need more 'wise old heads': APRA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... historical perspective and avoid falling into the same traps, according to Ian Laughlin, deputy chair of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). Laughlin said that the drop in the average age of management - though a positive in some respects ...

CBA asks Murray inquiry to remove super from awards

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... argued that trustees have only recently gone through "the rigorous and costly process" of achieving the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) MySuper product authorisation. "For trustees to now have to apply to another body for the right ...

FEATURE: Facing the perfect storm

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... decrease of 31.3% from 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 ...

APRA gets Basel III tick

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... that facing any other 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
... launch of the 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 ...

APRA to scrutinise group insurance risk

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... insurance risk management 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 ...

ISA pushes for full transparency

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
... allocation, according to 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 ...

Men continue to dominate super fund boards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
... funds, with just one 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 ...

FSC questions pertinence of APRA super stats

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014
The 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 ...