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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.
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 Information Paper outlines the objectives of the framework and its key features, and is intended to help boards, senior management, investors and other market participants understand how the new regulatory standards will apply.