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This scholarship program, jointly funded by APRA and the RBA, supports up to four scholarships each year to the value of $15,000 each. The purpose of the scholarship is to support research students pursuing careers in finance, economics, actuarial science, econometrics, statistics, or related disciplines.

The Private Health Insurance Annual Coverage Survey report provides a snapshot at December each year of the number of people, by age, gender and state of residence, with hospital insurance.

APRA has delivered its multi-year project to modernise the prudential architecture (MPA), with the publication of the final version of its new digital Prudential Handbook.

APRA has commenced a consultation on proposed enhancements to the content and presentation of its suite of quarterly insurance statistical publications.

APRA has released a response letter to the consultation on proposed minor amendments to the prudential framework for authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADIs) and general, life and private health insurers.

APRA and ASIC have published new information to help insurers and superannuation trustees prepare for the commencement of the Financial Accountability Regime (FAR).

The new Prudential Practice Guide CPG 230 Operational Risk Management is designed to assist in the implementation of Prudential Standard CPS 230 Operational Risk Management.

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has written to all APRA-regulated entities emphasising the critical role of securing and testing data backups.

This edition of the publication covers statistics on membership, coverage, benefits paid, medical gap, prostheses and medical services.

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has issued a letter to all private health insurers (PHIs) sharing the observations from its review of a number of PHI Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Plan (ICAAP).