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BNP Paribas gains Aust banking licence

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... markets with wholly-owned subsidiary, BNP Paribas Securities Services, granted a banking licence by the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority. The licence will allow the bank to provide custody and clearing solutions from 2012 onwards, specifically ...

Medicare to handle compassionate super payouts

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
The government has relieved the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) of its duties to administer the early release of superannuation on compassionate grounds, handing the responsibility to Medicare. Only around $1.5 million of super savings ...

Trio director offers EU to APRA

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
... Natasha Beck, has acknowledge her part in the firm's collapse and offered an enforceable undertaking to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), which it has accepted. Faced with a possible disqualification for five years from any role ...

Minister faces down advisers over opt-in, risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
... that if he had any concerns on how a fund is managed, to report them to the relevant authorities such as Australian Prudential Regulation Authority.

Masters of Financial Regulation on offer for first time

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... level will be the most interested in this program," Jameson said. Jeffrey Carmichael, the former head of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, is now chief executive of Promontory Financial Group Australasia and will be leading the project. ...

Tyndall builds compliance team

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
... Nathan Harris has been appointed as risk and compliance manager for Australia. "The importance of risk, compliance and prudential management as a key differentiator in funds management is often underestimated," said Craig Hobart, managing director, Tyndall. ...

Bank profits exceed 25 per cent

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... margins exceeded 25 per cent with the big four earning more than 80 per cent of total interest income, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority said in its Quarterly Bank Performance Statistics report today. The big four banks earned $45.8 billion ...

Budget 2011: "Benign" Budget a relief for finance sector

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... unions," she said. The Budget has also allocated nearly $80 million to regulators including the tax office, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority and corporate watchdog ASIC to implement aspects of the Stronger Super reforms. The reforms include ...

Russell makes senior hires

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... tilting, risk management and portfolio construction. Formerly head of investment risk oversight and performance at Prudential Asset Management, Persaud will be based in Singapore, reporting to Mahendran Nathan, chief executive ASEAN, Hong Kong, Taiwan ...

Laissez faire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... has changed" from prescribing free capital flows to allowing capital control management when other macroeconomic and prudential policy tools fail. She is woman, hear her roar. Not only that, she could soon be the IMF's managing director. So why the French ...