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Big banks cop a beating

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... saying they have a crucial role to play in supporting Australian households, businesses and economy. APRA said it expects ADIs and insurers to limit discretionary capital distributions in the months ahead, to ensure that they instead use buffers and ...

Not safe to launch: APRA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... operating environment and the need to preserve capacity to prioritise these critical activities," APRA said in a letter to ADIs and insurers. Additionally, the regulator said decisions on capital management "need to be forward-looking", and warned institutions ...

APRA introduces annual stress-testing

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
... deposit-taking institutions are in need of ongoing improvement in stress testing for all entities, according to APRA's review of 28 ADIs. The regulator said all ADIs should review their internal stress testing frameworks after the findings indicated ...

APRA proposes new banking data policies

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019
... scrutiny of the banking sector. The prudential regulator has pushed for all data from authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADIs) to be considered non-confidential, and as such, publishable. Currently APRA publishes less than 1% of ADI data. APRA executive ...

Investec scores ADI licence

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
... Paribas, Societe Generale, UBS AG, Credit Suisse AG and Royal Bank of Canada are some examples of foreign banks that operate as ADIs in Australia. Deposit-taking activities are limited to a minimum of $250,000. Investec Australia chief executive Milton ...

ASIC product intervention to commence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
... Example case studies of the kind of instance ASIC would intervene in include the automatic rollover of term deposits seen by ADIs in 2009. Institutions were actively and deliberately engaging in dual pricing; advertising the higher interest rates available ...

Material weakness in super funds, insurers exposed

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2019
... are apparent among life insurers and superannuation funds. The prudential regulator wrote to 36 insurers, super funds and ADIs last June off the back of its findings on CBA, worried they too may not be managing non-financial risks appropriately. In its ...

Property risks dip at Coalition win, APRA easing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
... lending requirements for mortgage lending. The prudential regulator currently asks authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADIs) to use the higher of two metrics (7% interest floor or the loan's rate plus 2%) while calculating the borrower's ability ...

Superannuation to face BEAR: Hayne

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2019
... sector Commissioner Kenneth Hayne has pushed for in his final report released overnight. The BEAR came into effect for large ADIs on 1 July 2018 and becomes applicable for the smaller players one year later. It requires an 'accountable person' ...

First neobank granted full banking licence

OSKAH DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2019
... 2000s. In May 2018, APRA chairman Wayne Byres supported the proposed regulatory reforms. "By making it easier for aspiring ADIs [neobanks] to enter the market, APRA hopes to see consumers benefit from enhanced competition and potentially innovative new ...