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AIG subsidiaries to separate

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... locally can only be positive." Last week Reuters reported that Canada's Manulife, Singapore's Temasek and the UK's Prudential were all weighing up bids. Following the separation announcement, global ratings house Standard and Poors confirmed their negative ...

APRA outlines priorities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's (APRA) is focused on authorised deposit taking institutions (ADIs) liquidity risk, prudent capital management and executive remuneration this year. Speaking at the Australian British Chamber of Commerce ...

Options for retiring SMSF trustees

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
... said one alternative to winding up a SMSF is to transfer the trusteeship and convert the fund to a Small Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) Fund (SAF). SAFs are similar to SMSFs, except an approved trustee is appointed to administer it ...

AIG Australia insulated from US woes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
... and taxpayers," they said. Regardless of the bail-out however, AIG in Australia is a separate entity with separate prudential structures that are fully funded. It reports to the regulator, APRA, as an independent entity. "The insurance policies written ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2006
... five-year highs, with Tesco hitting a record peak on hopes it will squeeze cash from its property assets, but insurer Prudential fell after rival Aviva withdrew a merger proposal. The FTSE 100 share index closed 46.2 points higher at 6036.3 points. FRANKFURT ...

Zurich gives ASIC and APRA enforceable undertaking

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (AISC) and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) have both accepted an enforceable undertaking from Zurich Financial Services Australia (ZFSA) and its fully owned subsidiary Zurich ...

Macquarie Bank announces new funding vehicle for subsidiaries

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2004
... for Macquarie subsidiaries to be known as Macquarie International Finance Ltd (MIFL). Requirements by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) that limit the level of intra-group exposure which Macquarie may have to subsidiaries ineligible ...