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The FAR replaces the Banking Executive Accountability Regime (BEAR) and will apply to authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADIs) and their authorised non-operating holding companies (NOHCs) from 15 March 2024.
A key area of focus for APRA as part of this assessment is the effectiveness of Additional Tier 1 capital (AT1). AT1 instruments are a critical part of banks’ financial resilience: they are designed to absorb losses in stress and provide capital to support bank resolution at the point of failure.
The management of operational risk is of critical importance, as demonstrated by operational risk failures and business disruptions in the past. All APRA-regulated entities need to ensure that they are well placed to manage operational risk and respond to business disruptions when they inevitably occur.
This Information Paper provides an update on APRA’s macroprudential policy settings. It sets out what the current settings are and explains the key factors that have informed APRA’s decision-making, enhancing transparency on macroprudential policy.
This information paper outlines APRA’s supervision priorities for 2023, anchored to the three outcomes in the Corporate Plan aiming to ensure the Australian financial system is “protected today and prepared for tomorrow”.
This Climate Vulnerability Assessment of Australia’s five largest banks provides insights into the potential financial exposure of institutions, the financial system and the economy to the physical and transition risks of climate change.
This information paper assists directors of authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADIs) in understanding their obligations under APRA’s prudential framework. It brings together, in one place, material requirements and guidance for ADI boards from APRA’s prudential standards and prudential practice guides (PPGs).
In this information paper APRA outlined plans for its multi-year program to modernise the architecture of prudential standards and guidance for banks, insurers and superannuation funds.
The survey provides insights into the alignment of climate risk practices by medium-to-large APRA-regulated institutions with the expectations set out in CPG 229. The survey responses covered 64 APRA-regulated institutions across the banking, insurance, and superannuation industries.
