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Simplify your products, life insurers told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... should focus on developing simpler products if it wants to avoid a repeat of its recent woes, according to Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) member Ian Laughlin. While acknowledging the industry was beginning to address its problems ...

Sustaining confidence in the Australian financial system: Murray

DAVID MURRAY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... the root causes of moral hazard than its symptoms. A big issue for the Inquiry has been whether post-financial crisis prudential regulation has gone too far in Australia. We have heard suggestions, especially on regulatory capital, that Australia's regulators ...

HOSTPLUS nearly ready for SMSF infra investments

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
... investment option for self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) is ready to go, pending the approval of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), the fund's chief investment officer Sam Sicilia has said. The option will allow SMSF investors ...

Super funds procrastinate on holdings disclosure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... original form, to be regulated by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) rather than the Australian Prudential Regulations Authority (APRA), were extremely thorough, requiring public disclosure of all holdings down to the very last ...

MySuper flips members out of millions: CSSA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
... traditionally been heavily reliant on commissions. Financial Standard is waiting for confirmation from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) regarding the rules around double flipping.

PROFILE: J.P. Morgan head of investor services Henry Capra

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
... $1 billion. Eight years later, it had $70 billion. "Part of that was due to the acquisition of Legal & General's and Prudential's Australian and New Zealand businesses. One of my key roles in that was to manage the transition of their businesses into ...

MetLife Australia names new CFO

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... planning, performance and profitability and finance manager. Prior to NAB/MLC, Watt served as chief executive for the Prudential Investment Company of Australia (Body Corporate Services). Watt has taken over the CFO position from MetLife Australia's ...

Equipsuper removes CFO role, adds key staff

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
... to the fund's investment management team, Equipsuper said. The changes respond to a recommendation by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) that funds should bring all divisions managing risk under the same umbrella. The $6.2 billion ...

Super insurance still worth billions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
... profit from its superannuation policies despite the spike in group insurance claims, figures released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) show. According to APRA's Life Insurance Supplementary Statistical Tables covering the 12 months ...

APRA announces draft 2014-15 supervisory levies

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and Treasury have issued a discussion paper on the proposed supervision levies they wish to impose on financial entities for next financial year. In the paper APRA said it needs to raise $117 million ...