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APRA to modernise regulatory frameworks

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2022
... international regulatory peers. Several modernisation initiatives are already underway, including APRA's first prudential standard to strengthen operational resilience (which will replace five current standards). APRA chair Wayne Byres said: "Since APRA's ...

APRA aims to bolster financial crisis response

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2022
APRA has begun consulting on new prudential standards to strengthen the financial crisis response of banks, insurers and superannuation trustees. The regulator said the two proposed standards are aimed at ensuring entities are prepared to deal with ...

Final Royal Commission reforms to be tabled, YFYS review begins

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2022
... think if we get to that point then we've really failed at a heap of other areas in the government's and the prudential stages of fund management," Jones said. "I'm not concerned about that." The consultation paper also touches on the consequences ...

APRA removes Westpac liquidity add-on

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2022
APRA has removed Westpac's liquidity add-on after finding it breached prudential standards. The 10% add-on was applied to the net cash outflow component of Westpac's liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) and will no longer be included from today. In a statement ...

MobiSuper, licensee to pay $250k penalty

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
... MobiSuper's trustee, failed to adequately monitor MobiSuper in regard to the same issues, and failed to comply with Prudential Standard SPS 231 Outsourcing. Tidswell's RSE licence was cancelled in June 2021. ASIC first launched its action against ...

APRA releases annual corporate plan

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2022
... Embed key prudential reforms including "unquestionably strong" capital ratios, Basel III requirements and Prudential Standard CPS 511 Remuneration. Embed good governance, risk culture, remuneration and accountability (GCRA) practices across the banking ...

APRA to improve strategic planning, member outcomes rules

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2022
... closer monitoring of financial resources and new rules to follow when a MySuper authorisation is cancelled. Prudential Standard SPS 515 Strategic Planning and Member Outcomes (SPS 515) came into effect in January 2020, requiring trustees to regularly ...

APRA consults on new operational risk standards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2022
... funds in managing operational risk, opening a new consultation. As part of the consultation, APRA has released Prudential Standard CPS 230 Operational Risk Management which includes minimum standards for all APRA-regulated entities in managing operational ...

New guidance to improve super funds' understanding of ESG risks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2022
... Responding to submissions to its consultation process for strengthening investment governance standards (SPS 530), the prudential regulator said several submissions contained requests for detailed guidance on managing risks associated with ESG practices. ...

$150m capital overlay no more for Allianz Australia

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2022
... governance self-assessment that APRA asked Allianz and a range of other institutions to undertake following 2017's Prudential Inquiry into Commonwealth Bank. The capital penalty was to remain in place until the insurer completed remediation work to strengthen ...