APRA

Policy & Regulation

IOOF Limited has scored a victory over the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority in their court battle stemming from the Royal Commission....

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Superannuation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has predicted a backlash from super funds in the event it publicly names superannuation funds it deems to be underperformer...

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Policy & Regulation

The major financial services regulators need to be comprehensively audited to ensure they are actually delivering value for money in the work that they do reflecting the ...

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Financial planning

The frequency of extreme high temperatures during Autumn 2019 was 96% above the long-term average, according to the Australian Actuaries Climate Index, forcing companies ...

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Financial planning

Disability income insurance products and the way they have been designed do not work well for prolonged periods of disability or chronic conditions, according to the anal...

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has signalled its intention to emulate the Australian Securities and Investments Commission by more frequently publishing t...

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Life/Risk

The latest Australian Prudential Regulation Authority life insurance data has revealed a negative picture of profitability being badly undermined by disability products....

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Policy & Regulation

Underperforming superfunds have been placed on notice by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority that it is ready to intensify its scrutiny and, where necessary, r...

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Financial planning

IOOF believes it has successfully completed all items required of it by the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority following the Royal Commission....

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Policy & Regulation

APRA has finalised updates on the Prudential Standard APS 222 to reduce contagion risk within banking groups....

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has used AMP and its lawyers, Clayton Utz, as examples of successful enforcement action by the regulator....

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Superannuation

NSW Liberal Senator, Andrew Bragg has signalled the prospect of a crack-down on superannuation activists who seek to use member funds to exact influence on listed compani...

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Policy & Regulation

Allianz Australia has been hit by a $250 million additional capital requirement by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority....

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has confirmed that a number of superannuation funds are facing the possibility of legal action as early as next month on th...

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Policy & 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...

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