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Effective governance of banks, insurers and RSE licensees is fundamental to prudential regulation and sound risk management. Well-governed institutions are likely to be more resilient in times of stress.
Climate change presents risks to the financial system and the APRA-regulated entities that operate within it. This includes physical, transition, and liability risks which are collectively referred to as climate risks in this Information Paper.
This information paper aims to help accountable entities and their accountable persons understand and meet their obligations under the Financial Accountability Regime, while outlining how the Regulators will jointly administer the FAR and exercise their regulatory and enforcement powers.
APRA has decided to maintain its existing macroprudential policy settings. The mortgage serviceability buffer will remain at 3 percentage points, and the countercyclical capital buffer will stay at 1 per cent of risk-weighted assets.
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.
