covid 19
Opening Statement to Senate Economics Legislation Committee - February 2022
… financial system has remained resilient throughout the COVID period, reflecting the underlying financial strength …
APRA Chair Wayne Byres and Executive Director of Superannuation Suzanne Smith - Trans-Tasman Business Circle "Meet the regulators" event
… again. This event has been rescheduled a few times due to COVID-19. Thankfully, we can finally meet in person. But just … as the world appears to be pulling free from the grip of COVID, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has exacerbated a … asset valuation practices and transactions in the wake of COVID-inspired market volatility, which identified several …
Opening statement for Senate Economics Legislation Committee - March 2021
… measures APRA undertook to respond to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and ensure the Australian financial system …
Executive Board Member Geoff Summerhayes - Speech to Australian Business Roundtable for Disaster Resilience and Safer Communities webinar
… disaster-prone parts of the country. As the severity of COVID-19 became apparent, the ICA cancelled its event, and … and well-prepared to absorb and bounce back, even taking COVID-19 into account. But that resilience would be … greatest challenge the world has faced in responding to COVID-19 is that none of us have experienced a pandemic …
APRA Member Margaret Cole - Speech to the Financial Services Council Policy Briefing
… front. These labour shortages, caused by ongoing waves of COVID and other sickness, are testing our resilience and … over recent years, ranging from severe flooding to new COVID-19 variants and the economic impacts of war in Europe …
APRA Executive Board Member Suzanne Smith – Speech to the Members Health Directors’ Professional Development Program
… supporting and challenging forces since we’ve emerged from COVID. On the supportive side: More people have signed up for … are longer-term issues that were suppressed as a result of COVID, but certainly haven’t gone away. One key issue is that …
Opening statement for House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics - September 2021
… institutions seeking to raise new capital. During the COVID period, for example, a number of capital raisings were …
Opening Statement to Senate Economics Legislation Committee - February 2023
… operational resilience – a critical lesson from COVID-19. bolstering cyber security across the sector, the …
Opening Statement to Senate Economics Legislation Committee - June 2021
… against the on-going uncertainty and disruption that COVID-19 is creating. All of this means APRA will need to …
APRA Deputy Chair Helen Rowell - Speech to the Risk Australia 2022 conference
… risks; they are facing unanticipated risks, such as COVID-19 in its many iterations, and rapidly evolving risks, … with business interruption insurance. Following the COVID-19 related lockdowns and disruptions, general insurers …
APRA Chair Wayne Byres - Speech to the Financial Review Banking Summit 2022
… That was never more evident than in the depths of the COVID crisis when many Australian companies – including banks … their savings to assist with the financial strains from COVID, Australian superannuation funds were key investors in … marketplace for financial services. As we saw during the COVID period, the community will be best served by strong …
APRA Chair Wayne Byres - Speech to RMA Australia CRO Conference
… of the industry; pandemic-related disruption from COVID-19; climate-related disruption that is growing in … and of increasing prominence: operational risk. COVID-19 certainly drew sharp attention to the issue. At …
Executive Board Member Geoff Summerhayes - speech to Financial Services Assurance Forum
… each other. An expanding attack surface Of course, COVID-19 is not solely responsible for the increasingly … Commission’s (ACCC) Scamwatch received over 100 reports of COVID-19 themed scams 4 . Looking at the pattern of …
Improving cyber resilience: the role boards have to play
… boards have to play Tuesday 23 November 2021 Print Email COVID-19 has led to a surge in the use of digital …
APRA Deputy Chair Helen Rowell - Speech to the Insurance Council of Australia’s 2022 Annual Conference
… devastating bushfire season of 2019/20 was followed by the COVID-19 pandemic, which exposed some concerns with how …
Opening Statement to Senate Economics Legislation Committee - October 2021
… important role in helping to manage the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the financial system. However, as a …
Running ahead of risk: introducing APRA’s newest Board Members
… There are two professional lessons I’ve learnt from the COVID pandemic as well as the preceding stresses of the …
APRA Chair Wayne Byres - Speech to the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia
… Remarks to the AMF-BCBS-FSI High-level meeting on the post COVID-19 banking system, 10 December 2021. 2 The share of the …
APRA Executive Director of Insurance Sean Carmody speech to Future of Insurance 2024
… the community places on healthcare in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. These numbers show the important role the …
APRA Executive Board Member Suzanne Smith - Members Health Directors' Professional Development Program
… affordability or the potential for deferred claims from COVID, can’t be resolved in the space of a year. Others, such …