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Chief economist update: Home cooling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
... 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 new housing ...

China A-shares to disrupt emerging markets strategies: Robeco

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
... companies and high-end manufacturing." The final point, Beautiful China, will precipitate a tightening of environmental regulations, which will in turn affect governance standards at both state- and privately-owned companies. Ultimately, Mio said the ...

SMSF trustees warned on non-compliant crypto

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018
... warned to do their homework before investing in cryptocurrency as they risk inadvertently breaching crucial compliance regulations. According to Bitcoin Trader partner Warrick Pleash, there are trustees investing in cryptocurrency on behalf of their ...

Chief economist update: Australia low on credit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018
... lending to owner-occupiers (8% from 7.9%). But this is good and is exactly what the RBA and the Australian Prudential Regulations Authority (APRA) intended in order to reduce financial stability risks in the economy. APRA limited interest-only loans ...

Conflicted SMSF auditor disqualified

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
... 1993. The provision allows the Commissioner of Taxation to do so if they believe an approved auditor has contravened regulations or is not a fit and proper person to serve as an approved SMSF auditor. "SMSF auditors play a fundamental role in promoting ...

Fintechs gear up for open banking

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
... said. The business is now well-positioned for the introduction of open banking in Australia and New Zealand, after regulations were introduced in Europe and the UK this month. "At present we enable more data to be processed at faster speeds than any ...

Aussie currency drives fund launch

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
... especially as the implications of Basel III begin to take hold. The international investment giant said under Basel III regulations banks are no longer able to rely on clients' 'non-operational' cash deposits for their liquidity tests. This means investors ...

Industry split on life insurance cover: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2017
... will send it to you within five business days," the code said. The code, which operates alongside existing laws and regulations, as well as the Financial Services Council's Life Insurance Code of Practice, will come into effect on 1 July 2018. The code ...

Good news or bad news?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
... of monetary policy. Surely, the PBOC wouldn't want to raise interest rates simultaneous with the stricter financial regulations as it crackdowns on leverage and debt.

Industry associations merge

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... representatives of the regulators had also brought about improved understandings and practical implementation of new regulations and guidelines for all parties," she said. AIST chief executive Eva Scheerlinck said the association has a long history of ...