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Written again to select lenders to reiterate the need to ...

APRA firm on small ADI liquidity

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has written again to select lenders to reiterate the need to maintain higher liquidity ratios, the Financial Review reported. APRA wants smaller ADIs to maintain ...

TheSheet.com - 1 week, 2 days ago
Issued a banking licence to Northern Trust, an organisation best ...

ADI licence for Northern Trust

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has issued a banking licence to Northern Trust, an organisation best known as the custodian of the assets of the Australian government’s sovereign wealth fund, ...

TheSheet.com - 2 weeks, 6 days ago
Soon impose much tougher liquidity requirements on banks designed to ...

Tough love from APRA

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority will soon impose much tougher liquidity requirements on banks designed to help them survive not just routine surprises, but full-blown credit shocks as well. 10 ...

Business Spectator financial services - 3 weeks, 1 day ago
Reported to have been concerned that HBOS's ownership of BankWest ...

HBOS Takes GBP400m Hit From BankWest Sale Australian Analysts See Deal As a Bargain

HALIFAX Bank of Scotland has abandoned its Australian ambitions with the fire sale of BankWest at less than half the hoped-for price and at a GBP400m loss. The announcement came ...

iStock Analyst - 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Been dealt an embarrassing blow after a ban on a ...

Abbott appeal success

THE Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has been dealt an embarrassing blow after a ban on a former HIH director was overturned.

Herald Sun - 3 months, 1 week ago
Planning to write some new standards for ADIs, focusing on ...

APRA seeks same-day data on liquidity

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority is planning to write some new standards for ADIs, focusing on liquidity and securitisation, in response to its discovery of unexpected vulnerabilities exposed by the ...

TheSheet.com - 5 months ago
Extended the deadline for foreign insurers wishing to write business ...

Aussie regulator extends foreign insurer deadline

SYDNEY, Australia-The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has extended the deadline for foreign insurers wishing to write business in Australia after July 1. The deadline for applications will now be ...

Topix - 6 months, 1 week ago

2 weeks, 6 days ago Consultations begin on new publications for life insurance industry

Wednesday, 12 November 2008. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) today announced the start of a consultation with industry on the first of two proposed new statistical publications on life ...
Federal Government - 10 a.m. Wednesday 12th November 2008

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3 months ago Unit pricing good practice guide

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and ASIC have released an updated Unit pricing - guide to good practice for the life insurance, superannuation and funds management industries in response ...
Australian Regulartory Compliance Review - 5:59 a.m. Friday 29th August 2008

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3 months ago Unit pricing guide update

Thursday, 28 August 2008. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) today released a newly updated Unit pricing - guide to good practice ...
Federal Government - 10 a.m. Thursday 28th August 2008

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4 months ago Press Release - Appointments And Reappointments Of Members To The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) [30/07/2008]

Senator the Hon Nick Sherry, Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law, is pleased to announce the appointment of four new members and the reappointment of three members to the Financial ...
Federal Government - 10 a.m. Wednesday 30th July 2008

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5 months, 1 week ago APRA refinements to the general insurance prudential framework

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released its final general insurance refinements package following extensive industry consultation over the past year. The finalised package includes a response paper, prudential ...
Australian Regulartory Compliance Review - 7:17 a.m. Tuesday 24th June 2008

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6 months, 1 week ago Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment Bill 2008

The Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment Bill 2008 (the Bill) proposes, amongst other things, to amend the Private Health Insurance Act 2007 (the Private Health Insurance Act) and other related ...
Bills Digest - Parliamentary Library - 10 a.m. Monday 26th May 2008

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7 months, 3 weeks ago Prudential supervision of general insurance groups

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released its draft prudential framework for supervision of general insurance groups. The package consists of three draft prudential standards and a discussion paper. ...
Australian Regulartory Compliance Review - 5:21 p.m. Tuesday 15th April 2008

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7 months, 4 weeks ago APRA and ASIC reminder about foreign insurance business

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) are jointly reminding direct offshore foreign insurers (DOFIs) and local insurance brokers about the new authorisation ...
Australian Securities Investment Commission - 12:37 p.m. Tuesday 8th April 2008

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8 months ago APRA accepts industry arguments on reinsurance

The general tenor of industry submissions have persuaded the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority to revise aspects of general insurance refinements packages, particularly those relating to reinsurance recoverables and investment capital ...
MoneyManagement.com.au - 10:52 a.m. Thursday 3rd April 2008

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8 months ago APRA finalises key general insurance refinements proposals

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released the final draft version of the proposed general insurance refinements package following industry consultation. There will be a short period of consultation ...
Australian Regulartory Compliance Review - 4:31 p.m. Wednesday 2nd April 2008

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8 months, 1 week ago US Laws, Japanese Inflation, NZ Growth

With the subprime crisis and credit crunch still hurting US economic growth and damaging financial markets confidence, there are finally some meaningful ideas from the US Government on revamping regulation ...
Yahoo!7 Finance News - 8:09 a.m. Monday 31st March 2008

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9 months, 1 week ago APRA satisfied with state of insurance and super

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has expressed confidence that Australia's major insurers and superannuation funds are well-positioned to withstand current market volatility and tighter liquidity. The chairman of APRA, John ...
MoneyManagement.com.au - 11:26 a.m. Monday 25th February 2008

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9 months, 4 weeks ago Insurance industry weathers the storm

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has reported strong growth for the insurance industry, which recorded a $1.2 billion gross premium revenue increase in a year.
MoneyManagement.com.au - 10:49 a.m. Friday 8th February 2008

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Mortgages losses concentrated in New South Wales

Lenders’ mortgage insurance figures released yesterday by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority show a heavy preponderance of claims coming from New South Wales.
TheSheet.com - 5:41 a.m. Friday 8th February 2008

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10 months ago APRA statistics show strong general insurance industry

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) today released its Half Yearly General Insurance Bulletin
Federal Government - 11:22 a.m. Tuesday 5th February 2008

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