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APRA appoints new head of research

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has appointed Dr Katrina Ellis its new head of research. Dr Ellis replaces former head of research Dr Neil Esho, who was seconded to the Basel Committee for Banking Supervision in Switzerland. He ...

APRA bans former Zurich CEO

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2007
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has disqualified another former Zurich chief executive officer, Malcolm Murray Jones, from directorial or senior management roles, six months after investigations concluded. Jones was a director ...

Regulators clamp down on illegal super schemes

... circumstances but that people don't need to use a promoter."The service is free...trustees can apply to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) under specified compassionate grounds," she said. Michelle Baltazar

APRA extends custodian downstream rule exemption

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2007
New regulations by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) extends the exemption custodians had from some previous downstream outsourcing prohibitions, but only if the primary custodian continues to carry all the responsibility. The regulator ...

Member TFNs now law but problems persist

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2007
... to deal with this issue will be off their books", he said. Confirming the complexity of the legislation, Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has provide super funds with a standardised 180 word note they can advise consumers on the issu ...

Industry funds show strongest growth in assets

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2007
... funds showed the strongest growth in assets for the March quarter according to new figures release by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). "The survey is further evidence that industry super funds are a compelling choice when it comes ...

Super speeds past $1.1tr

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007
... superannuation assets tipped 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 ...

US giant targets local mortgage insurance market

... This month Mortgage 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," ...

Members covered for fraud but not bad investments

... Superannuation Fund (SCSF), a small 500 member fund, hit the headlines in 2003 after super fund regulator the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) launched an investigation on alleged fraudulent conduct and theft. Of the $24 million funds ...

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 ...