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Life insurance performance plummets

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... insurance industry has continued to take a hit to profit, with risk products reporting significant losses. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's (APRA) latest quarterly life insurance performance statistics paint a bleak picture with net profit ...

Court restricts Mayfair advertising

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... any of the companies in the Mayfair 101 Group. Therefore, the Mayfair 101 Group is not regulated by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and investment in its products is not covered by the Australian Government's Financial Claims Scheme ...

APRA introduces annual stress-testing

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
... scenario development processes and generally made better use of stress test results. APRA said it intends to publish a prudential practice guide on stress testing to promote industry better practice and consistency. The regulator said it will consult ...

APRA joins in on Westpac scrutiny

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2019
APRA has launched a formal investigation into Westpac for possible breaches of the Banking Act. The prudential regulator said the investigation will focus on the conduct that led to AUSTRAC launching its criminal charges against the bank over an alleged ...

IOOF acquires OnePath at a discount

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2019
... offsets included and it also provides certainty for our customers and staff." The deal remains subject to approval by the prudential regulator and is expected to be completed in the first quarter of calendar year 202. The agreement included termination ...

Investment giant appoints global insto lead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2019
... fixed income, real estate, real estate finance arms and its USD$87 billion private placement business, Prudential Capital Group. Based in New Jersey, Lochhead will lead the global team, including representatives in Sydney, Chicago, London, Munich, Singapore ...

APRA to reopen old wounds for CBA, IOOF

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2018
... to the Suncorp Portfolio Services Limited (SPSL) case study - which may not be consistent with the requirements of Prudential Standard SPS 231 Outsourcing. Maurizio Pinto, the executive manager of the office of the superannuation trustee within SPSL ...

Chief economist update: Building approvals on a slowing trend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
... deceleration in the housing market should provide comfort to both the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked ...

Chief economist update: Home cooling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
... credit to housing slowing to 6.3% in the year to December from 6.6% three months earlier as a result of tighter macro-prudential regulations. Recall that, the Australian Prudential Regulations Authority (APRA) limited interest-only loans to 30% of total ...

Financial Standard's top stories of 2017

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... US investment manager has set up shop in Sydney with a local investment team. Pricoa Capital Group, a subsidiary of Prudential Financial's investment management business PGIM, already has a $3 billion portfolio in Australia and New Zealand, having been ...