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RBA Glossary definition for APRA
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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Box A: International Financial Reporting Standards
10 Sep 2006
FSR
– September 2006
From a regulatory perspective, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has generally sought to align its prudential standards with the new accounting regime. ... One of these is the calculation of regulatory capital, where APRA will
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2006/sep/box-a.html
Box A: The Basel III Liquidity Reforms in Australia
10 Mar 2015
FSR
– March 2015
APRA is more broadly considering foreign bank branches' liquid asset requirements this year. ... APRA intends to implement the NFSR in Australia in line with the BCBS time line.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2015/mar/box-a.html
5.4 Focus Topic: Interest Rate Risk
6 Oct 2023
FSR
– October 2023
5.4 Focus Topic: Interest Rate Risk | Financial Stability Review – October 2023
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2023/oct/focus-topic-interest-rate-risk.html
The Australian Financial System
8 Apr 2022
FSR
– April 2022
2). Banks are expected to have their own capital targets above APRA's minimum requirement. ... Further, most investors in RMBS expect loans to broadly conform to APRA standards.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2022/apr/australian-financial-system.html
Box B: The Basel III Capital Reforms in Australia
10 Sep 2013
FSR
– September 2013
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's (APRA's) application of the Basel III capital framework started to come into effect in Australia on 1 January 2013. ... APRA's treatment of these items reflects its longstanding policy of requiring their
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2013/sep/box-b.html
Domestic Regulatory Developments
7 Oct 2022
FSR
– October 2022
risks. For example:. APRAs Climate Vulnerability Assessment (CVA) of the five largest banks will play a key role in assisting APRA-regulated entities to understand and manage the financial risks associated ... Funds capabilities in respect of derivatives
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2022/oct/regulatory-developments.html
List of tables
10 Mar 2015
FSR
– March 2015
Sources: APRA; RBA.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2015/mar/tables.html
The Australian Financial System
8 Oct 2021
FSR
– October 2021
The adequacy of life insurers' responses to these issues continues to be assessed by APRA. ... See APRA (2021), ‘Draft CPG 229 Climate Change Financial Risks’, Prudential Practice Guide, April.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2021/oct/australian-financial-system.html
Box D: The Characteristics of Loans Originated by Mortgage Brokers
10 Sep 2004
FSR
– September 2004
A 2002 APRA survey of authorised deposit-taking institutions' use of brokers found that lenders tend to reject a higher proportion of loan applications sourced from brokers than other loan applications. ... Chanthivong A, A Coleman and N Esho (2003),
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2004/sep/box-d.html
Box C: Non-conforming Housing Loans
10 Mar 2005
FSR
– March 2005
These lenders are not authorised deposit-taking institutions and, hence, are not regulated by APRA.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2005/mar/box-c.html