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Super speeds past $1.1tr

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007
... over the $1.1 trillion mark in March, according to the latest figures released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). APRA's Quarterly Superannuation Performance report highlighted that superannuation assets swelled by $44.7 billion ...

US giant targets local mortgage insurance market

... Guaranty Insurance Corporation (MGIC) Australia received an operating licence from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). "We are very excited to pass this final hurdle in our effort to enter the Australian market," said Curt Culver ...

Court stops pair posing as bank

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2007
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has obtained court orders to prevent the unauthorised financial business 'The Federal State Bank of Australia' from calling itself or acting like a bank. The supposed "bank" was held up as an institution ...

Overseas investors target Aussie super fund cash flows

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2007
... as the US does not have compulsory super as we know it in Australia, according the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, Australians contributed $77 billion to their super in 2006; an impressive figure, given Australia's much smaller population. ...

APRA modernises data collection

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2007
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released a proposal to modernise its data collection for life companies, including friendly societies. Seeking to reduce the number of data collection forms from 53 for life insurers and 31 for ...

Super tops $1 trillion as retail keeps winning inflows race

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2007
... to $1 trillion at December 2006 after jumping 19 per cent during the year, said the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). Despite the continuing media campaigns promoting the fee and performance advantages of industry funds for diversified ...

Super tops $1 trillion as retail keeps winning inflows race

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2007
... to $1 trillion at December 2006 after jumping 19 per cent during the year, said the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). Despite the continuing media campaigns promoting the fee and performance advantages of industry funds for diversified ...

Super rules will always change

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2007
... this, said Ramani Venkatramani, general manager for specialised institutions at the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). "Most organisations complaining about change are the ones who are asking us to change things," said Venkatramani, speaking ...

Regulators discuss streamlining some supervision operations

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2007
... after the Wallis Financial System Inquiry and eight years after the creation of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), the bodies are in discussions about how to streamline ...

Macq making progress on restructure

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2007
... Macquarie chief executive Allan Moss said the bank was encouraged by feedback from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, whose approval it needs. Macquarie is proposing to have a bank and a non-bank group operating under a holding company ...