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FRAA releases draft APRA, ASIC metrics

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2023
... APRA's mandate requires a strong focus on financial system resilience by ensuring the financial safety and soundness of banks, insurers, and superannuation entities. However, APRA does not pursue a zero-failure objective. APRA cannot eliminate the risk ...

Industry bodies respond to QAR recommendations

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023
... providing advice for the meantime. "The recommendations that would have slashed consumer protections for advice provided by banks, insurers and fund managers were criticised by a broad range of stakeholders, including academics and independent financial ...

Treasury to scrap advice admin burdens, boosts intra-fund advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023
... representative; and holding representatives to an appropriate duty. Stream Three will examine the role for other institutions such as banks and insurers. "As Treasury is working on implementing the recommendation for superannuation funds to provide more ...

Treasury proposes upping supervisory levies

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2023
... to represent 42.3% of total levies, up from 39.5% in the previous year. APRA will continue to concentrate on improving member outcomes and addressing deficiencies in trustee practices. Meanwhile, the total levy funding requirement for Commonwealth agencies ...

APRA finalises rules for financial crisis readiness

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023
Finalising new prudential standards, APRA is aiming to bolster banks, insurers, and superannuation trustees' resilience against future financial crises. APRA hopes the new standards will equip these financial entities with strategies to counteract threats ...

BlackRock orders staff four days in office

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023
... going to be a key element in bringing down inflation and rising productivity," he told Fox News at the time. Among the local banks, NAB chief executive Ross McEwan recently told 9News that his senior staff must return to the office five days a week. ...

RBA appointments prompt debate

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
... strengthen accountability. "It better aligns the RBA's monetary decision-making process with some other key central banks around the world," he said. However, Philip added, these sorts of changes will be of little relevance to Australian households ...

SMSF Association names head of membership

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023
... over 15 years. As a fellow of the association, Sparks also holds an SMSF specialist advisor designation. He is a former member of the SA State Chapter committee and has previously presented at the Association's annual national conference. In his new ...

Pension fund ousts chief over US bank losses

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023
... in the interim. In March, Alecta admitted it had incurred significant losses as a result of its investments in the three banks. The losses were in the realm of $2.8 billion. The fund said it has been working since to isolate the losses and understand ...

Rest switches up recruitment focus

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2023
... it's best not to be too definitive - that maybe now's not the time to stick one's neck out and claim central banks will stop raising rates and then predict the implications for equity markets," he says. He reckons the US central bank is fixated ...