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APRA calls for IT risk submissions

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2009
... Super funds, insurance firms and credit unions have just three weeks to deliver a written submission to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) on effectively managing information technology (IT) risk. The regulatory body said IT risk ...

Qantas Super gets $66m injection

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2009
... agreed by the Company and the Trustee. Confirmation of the new funding plan has also been provided to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, the regulator for superannuation," noted the statement by Qantas Super. Meanwhile, Qantas Airways has ...

Not-for-profit super funds reign

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
... crisis, which began in earnest in 2008. The report expands on previous research by industry regulator, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) which also showed significant out-performance of the not for the profit super funds but employed ...

No fast bucks: Costello

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
... acknowledges that Australia's financial system has fared better than its American counterpart, largely due to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's disclosure and transparency laws. However, improved governance at the compliance, corporate ...

Super assets lose $25bn

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
... bucked the trend to increase assets by 6.7 per cent to $361 billion, according to data released by APRA. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) yesterday released its Annual Superannuation Bulletin with figures for the financial year to ...

APRA outlines priorities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's (APRA) is focused on authorised deposit taking institutions (ADIs) liquidity risk, prudent capital management and executive remuneration this year. Speaking at the Australian British Chamber of Commerce ...

Fin services escapes consumer law reform

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
... assigned to overlapping jurisdictions of the Australian Securities and Investments Commissions (ASIC) and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). The exemption is one of the fundamental weaknesses in how financial services is regulated ...

Top and bottom super performance differ by 36pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... high weightings in listed investments. The SelectingSuper data comes ahead of the imminent release of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) league tables, which will show for the first time individual data performance of 500 super funds. ...

Options for retiring SMSF trustees

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
... said one alternative to winding up a SMSF is to transfer the trusteeship and convert the fund to a Small Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) Fund (SAF). SAFs are similar to SMSFs, except an approved trustee is appointed to administer it ...

Retail fund fights back

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
... differences in features and product services, seems like a reasonable difference," she said. For example, Australian Prudential and Regulatory Authority (APRA) and internal data showed industry funds had outperformed the average retail fund, but the ...