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Challenger ready for new capital rules

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... announced a $50 million injection into the buy-back program over the next six months. Rules set out by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) require companies like Challenger that guarantee payments, to hold enough capital new make good ...

APRA issues final Basel III reforms

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has issued the long awaited final version of its new bank capital rules, known as Basel III, which are scheduled to come into full effect from next year. The Basel III capital framework was introduced ...

Treasury paper ignores responsibility: ACFS

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
Recently released proposals to increase the power of the prudential regulator have failed to address the issue of accountability and performance appraisal. The Australian Centre for Financial Studies (ACFS) has argued in an analysis paper released today ...

Trio fraud victims demand compensation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... not receive the same protections as fraud victims in regulated funds that were required to follow much more onerous prudential and compliance operating standards. "In the case of Trio, it is a different situation," he said. "It is disingenuous for anyone ...

ANZ shows increased profit and deposit growth

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... owner-occupier mortgages on its books and $43.2 billion of residential investment mortgages according to the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority's June banking statistics. It had $71.5 billion worth of household deposits registered in the same ...

APRA proposals could deter overseas firms: AXA

MICHAEL HOBBS AND RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
AXA Asia Pacific chief executive, Andrew Penn, has warned regulatory proposals from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) could stifle Australia's potential to become a regional financial hub. Speaking at the American Chamber of Commerce ...

TFN should be member ID: Cooper

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... where employers can register the tax status of a new employees in lieu of completing the TFN documents. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) should create a stakeholder group that includes the ATO, employers, payroll providers and super ...

APRA dictates investment option labels

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
The prudential regulator has drawn a line in the sand on how super fund investment options are to be labelled and announced it will introduce risk-based criterion for how diversified investment options will in the future be categorised. The move kills ...

New FM for Share Plus

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
... worked at MMC Asset Management covering small and mid-cap stocks and at the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA).

Prudential back in town

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
Financial services giant Prudential will be the new owner of AIA Group (AIA), the Australasian life insurance businesses of AIG Group, in a deal worth US$35.5 billion - a move that potentially brings the Prudential name back in Australia after 12 years ...