the Australian prudential regulation authority

THE AUSTRALIAN PRUDENTIAL REGULATION AUTHORITY

Life/Risk

APRA imposes capital requirements on DII

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has intervened in the disability income insurance market imposing capital requirements on insurers....

Policy & Regulation

APRA urges self-regulation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority chairman, Wayne Byers has urged financial services companies to embrace the need for self-regulation at both industry and c...

Policy & Regulation

Hume criticised for APRA defence

The organisation representing victims of the Trio Capital collapse of criticised the Assistant Minister for Financial Services, Senator Jane Hume, for suggesting the Aust...

Superannuation

AIST precipitates APRA’s separation of superannuation

The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees flagged that superannuation needed different treatment to other institutions by the Australian Prudential Regulation A...

Financial planning

VOFF accuses Labor of “politicising a crime” in Trio fraud

Aussie politicians make “politicised and dishonest decisions about ‘fraud’” despite having no law enforcement of forensic investigation skills, Victims of Financial Fraud...

Life/Risk

APRA data confirms value added by advisers

New data released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has confirmed just how much advisers help customers at claim time....

Superannuation

Default funds again a focus for Fed Gov’t

Making her first official address as Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Senator Jane Hume has today confirmed that the Morrison Government intends to return to the Pr...

Life/Risk

APRA delivers historic life insurance market snapshot

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’s latest Life Insurance Institution-level statistics publication has managed to paint a picture of the industry as it was u...

Policy & Regulation

AMP signals compliance with new APRA conditions

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has imposed new conditions on AMP’s superannuation businesses including board renewal and removal of conflicts of interest....