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APRA puts super funds on notice

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2017
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority will consult on a raft of proposed changes to the superannuation prudential framework, in an effort to lift operation governance practices of regulated superannuation trustees. The proposals were outlined ...

Super funds must address climate risk: Market Forces

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2017
... opinion follows a speech to the Insurance Council of Australia in February 2017 by Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) executive board member Geoff Summerhayes, in which he noted that climate risks "have often been seen as future or [a] ...

UK regtech expands Australian footprint

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
The overhaul of regulatory reporting requirements by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority is behind a global regtech provider's decision to expand its Australasian operations. Having already established an Australian presence, London-based ...

SMSF auditors merge

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
... managing $653.8 billion in assets, according to the latest statistics released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority and the Australian Taxation Office. The average balance of an SMSF now exceeds $1.1 million, with the average account balance ...

Australian businesses lift borrowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
... owner-occupier loans growing just 6.1%. Though still strong, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Australian Prudential Regulations Authority (APRA) should welcome early signs of flattening (not a sharp and sudden deceleration) in housing credit ...

APRA finalises senior executive lineup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority completed its transition to a new organisational structure with the promotion of its chief risk officer and the creation of a position to oversee its risk and data analytics division. As of 1 July 2017 ...

Cooling property market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Australian Prudential Regulations Authority (APRA) would be pleased with the National Statistician's latest update on residential property prices. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released figures ...

Approved to build more dwellings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2017
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Australian Prudential Regulations Authority (APRA) - especially after its tighter home lending regulations announced in late March -- wouldn't be pleased with the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) report ...

SMSF associations announce merger

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
... Owners' chairman Bruce Foy said. The latest data on superannuation funds issued by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) puts the number of self-managed super funds in operation at 600,000, managing $653.8 billion in assets. The average ...

Housing is cooling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2017
... suggests further weakness in housing finance in the coming months. More so, when the latest round of the Australian Prudential Regulations Authority's (APRA) macro-prudential restrictions start flowing through into the property market and previous moves ...