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Cooling property market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Australian Prudential Regulations Authority (APRA) would be pleased with the National Statistician's latest update on residential property prices. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released figures ...

Approved to build more dwellings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2017
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Australian Prudential Regulations Authority (APRA) - especially after its tighter home lending regulations announced in late March -- wouldn't be pleased with the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) report ...

Housing is cooling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2017
... 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 by banks lifting ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2016
... official cash rate unchanged at a record low 1.75% following its 5 July meeting. The RBA statement revealed that the Australian central bank sees continued growth in the global economy (albeit, "at a lower than average pace") and "overall growth in Australia ...

FEATURE: The circle of life

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
... products, lifecycle investment options are proving to be a popular choice. According to Rainmaker Information, Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) data shows that as of 30 June 2015, there are 28 registered lifecycle MySuper products with ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... its magic yet. The question of whether MySuper was bringing down fees was answered in September when the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) published its first round of MySuper data. It showed how much every MySuper product charged a member ...

Banks should hold more capital: Murray

AAP  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... check of Australia's financial system since the 1997 Wallis inquiry, which led to the establishment of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority. The inquiry received more than 6500 submissions since their producing an interim report in July. The ...

MyState Financial becomes MyState Bank

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
... its Tasmanian-based banking subsidiary, MyState Financial, to MyState Bank, following approval from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). The company said the name change will simplify MyState's proposition for customers as it enters ...

Super funds procrastinate on holdings disclosure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... regulated by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) rather than the Australian Prudential Regulations Authority (APRA), were extremely thorough, requiring public disclosure of all holdings down to the very last layer. "They were ...

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 ...