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APRA – Australian Prudential Regulation Authority. APRA is the prudential regulator of the Australian financial services industry. It oversees banks, credit unions, building societies, general insurance and reinsurance companies, life insurance companies, friendly societies, and most members of the superannuation industry.

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Developments in Banks' Funding Costs and Lending Rates

16 Mar 2017 Bulletin – March 2017
Belinda Cheung
This article updates previous Reserve Bank research on the ways in which developments in the composition and pricing of banks' debt funding have affected their overall cost of funds and influenced lending rates. Major banks' outstanding funding
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2017/mar/5.html

How Have Australian Banks Responded to Tighter Capital and Liquidity Requirements?

15 Jun 2017 Bulletin – June 2017
Tim Atkin and Belinda Cheung
Australian banks have responded to tighter regulatory requirements for capital and liquidity over the past decade, which has strengthened their resilience to adverse shocks. While banks are now in a much better position to deal with these types of
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2017/jun/5.html

Firms' Price-setting Behaviour: Insights from Earnings Calls

11 Sep 2023 RDP 2023-06
Callan Windsor and Max Zang
and seminar participants at the Australian Conference of Economists 2023, the RBA–APRA Business Coding Knowledge Sharing Session and the e61/MQBS Big Data Workshop.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2023/2023-06/sections.html
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Macroprudential Policy Frameworks and Tools

15 Dec 2016 Bulletin – December 2016
David Orsmond and Fiona Price
Over the past decade, policymakers have increasingly used macroprudential tools to address a range of financial stability concerns. International institutions have identified and offered guidance on the components of an effective macroprudential
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2016/dec/8.html

Australian Bank Capital and the Regulatory Framework

10 Sep 2010 Bulletin – September 2010
Adam Gorajek and Grant Turner
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) makes and enforces the rules which govern the capital adequacy of Australian banks. ... APRA led Australia's contribution to this work and consulted with Australian banks involved in the study.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2010/sep/6.html

Conclusion

18 Jan 2022 RDP 2022-01
Anthony Brassil, Mike Major and Peter Rickards
By calibrating our model to APRA's stress testing results, we are able to capture business loan losses only to the extent that they are correlated with household loan losses. ... Alternatively, APRA could give banks relief with respect to how quickly
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2022/2022-01/conclusion.html
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G20 Financial Regulatory Reforms and Australia

19 Sep 2013 Bulletin – September 2013
Carl Schwartz
The global financial crisis prompted a comprehensive international regulatory response, directed through the Group of Twenty (G20). The Reserve Bank and other Council of Financial Regulators (CFR) agencies have been heavily involved in the reform
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2013/sep/9.html

Foreign Currency Exposure and Hedging in Australia

7 Dec 2017 Bulletin – December 2017
Laura Berger-Thomson and Blair Chapman
The latest Survey of Foreign Currency Exposure confirms that Australian entities' financial positions are well protected against a depreciation of the Australian dollar. Consistent with previous surveys, the net foreign currency exposures of the
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2017/dec/8.html

The Reserve Bank's Collateral Framework

7 Dec 2017 Bulletin – December 2017
Yasaman Naghiloo and David Olivan
The Reserve Bank, like other central banks, holds collateral to reduce the risk of financial loss in its domestic market operations. The Reserve Bank's collateral framework sets out how the diverse portfolio of collateral assets is managed and
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2017/dec/2.html

Financial Regulation and Australian Dollar Liquid Assets

10 Sep 2012 Bulletin – September 2012
Alexandra Heath and Mark Manning
References. APRA (Australian Prudential Regulation Authority) (2011), ‘Implementing Basel III Liquidity Reforms in Australia’, APRA Discussion Paper, 16 November. ... Debelle G (2011), ‘The Committed Liquidity Facility’, Speech to the APRA Basel
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2012/sep/6.html