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Regulators discuss streamlining some supervision operations

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2007
Ten years 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 ...

Macq making progress on restructure

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2007
... company structure. 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 ...

BankWest moves up the rankings

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
... will end 2006 as the seventh largest retail deposits bank in the country overtaking Suncorp, according to Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) figures. David Rose, head of marketing and products, said the jump up the ladder, the first change ...

PE investments - trustees must understand the risks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2006
... is pushing super funds into alternatives strategies that are badly understood by some trustees, said the Australian Prudential and Regulation Commission (APRA). Ross Jones, APRA deputy chairman told the recent conference of the Australian Super Funds ...

Report your breach online: APRA

... excuse that "it's in the mail" or that the "line was engaged" when reporting a license breach after the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) launched an online 'Superannuation Breach Notification' today. The superannuation watchdog said ...

Former Zurich CFO banned by APRA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2006
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has disqualified the former Zurich Australian Insurance Limited (ZAIL) chief financial officer for his role in deliberately overstating the company's financial position. John Stanbridge was chief ...

APRA to flex its muscle with outsourcing deals

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2006
Under the terms of new prudential guidelines, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) will have the power to conduct onsite inspections of companies undertaking outsourcing work for financial institutions under its supervision. But signaling ...

ACCC should regulate fund advertising: IFSA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2006
... ASIC is not a competition regulator," the IFSA submission explained. However, while IFSA acknowledges the Australian Prudential and Regulation Authority (APRA) has already spoken out to clarify their position regarding advertising, IFSA believes there ...

Super assets surge to $914 billion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2006
... investment returns and strong inflows, up 19.8 per cent over the last 12 months. The results are contained in the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's (APRA) latest June 2006 Quarterly Superannuation Performance report. The strength of investor ...

Members Equity seeks alternative source of capital

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2006
... alternative sources of quasi-equity in light of a series of policy changes by the banking regulator. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority will no longer recognise securitisation of the profit margin of a lender's securitised loan pools - usually ...