covid 19
APRA Chair Wayne Byres - Speech to Trans-Tasman Business Circle webinar
… to see its active program of events is continuing in a COVID world, and I’m certainly happy to contribute to the … five months since the Australian Government declared COVID-19 as a global pandemic, there is unfortunately no end … initially sought to contribute to dampening the impact of COVID-19: by easing the operational burden on regulated …
APRA Chair Wayne Byres - Remarks to the Board of the International Banking Federation
… Print Email Going the distance: APRA's approach to the COVID-19 fight Hello, and thank you for inviting me to join … global economy has taken some ferocious blows of late as COVID-19 has spread around the world, shutting businesses, … sectors we also supervise. In its earliest days, COVID-19 was viewed through a health lens. As a result, our …
Strategic Industry Reference Group minutes - Monday 21 September 2020
… Alison Bliss) Sean Carmody reflected on the impacts of COVID-19 on both APRA and industry and the significant … and more difficult in the new way of working post COVID-19. Entitles that choose to go to market for technical …
Accessible version of the Early Release Scheme for Issue 4
… for Issue 4 This dashboard contains the latest data on the COVID-19 Superannuation Early Release Scheme, for the period …
Deputy Chair John Lonsdale - speech to Customer Owned Banking Association (COBA) 2020 Convention
… financial sector on a sound footing going into the COVID-19 crisis, but we can never say our work on system … have expanded just over half as rapidly. Even through COVID-19, mutual ADIs have continued to grow their asset and … strong liquidity positions, particularly through COVID-19, where the threat of meeting increased deposit …
A message from APRA Special Projects Director, Heidi Richards
… unprecedented scale and scope of the disruptions caused by COVID-19, APRA-regulated financial institutions have been …
APRA releases quarterly private health insurance statistics for December 2021
… premium rate increases. Claims growth fell due to various COVID-19 restrictions imposed across Australia throughout the …
APRA releases superannuation statistics for March 2021
… with lump-sum and pension payments returning to pre-COVID levels, and totalled $18.3 billion for the March …
APRA seeks to enhance flexibility and resilience of ADI capital framework
… “The groundwork of previous years meant that, when COVID-19 hit, the Australian banking industry had sufficient …
APRA releases quarterly private health insurance statistics for March 2020
… for the private health insurance industry. The sharp COVID-19 led decline in equity markets drove significant …
Accessible version of the Early Release Scheme for 10 May 2020
… 10 May 2020 This dashboard contains the latest data on the COVID-19 Superannuation Early Release Scheme, for the period …
APRA Chair Wayne Byres - Speech to the Australian Financial Review Banking and Wealth Summit
… for the year ahead very quickly went out the window when COVID-19 struck. To use three of the most over-used words of … spoken previously about how we responded to the onset of COVID-19 with a rapid change to our priorities. 1 In … program are critical reforms that were inflight when COVID-19 descended. There are three I want to highlight …
Deputy Chair John Lonsdale - speech to Customer Owned Banking Association (COBA) 2021 CEO & Directors Forum
… position relative to many other countries. With low COVID-19 cases, we have seen a number of strong indicators of … by mutuals were impacted by repayment deferrals due to COVID-19. Mutuals maintained this position relative to the … and CET1 ratios, and have so far weathered the impacts of COVID-19 well. This reflects well on smaller ADIs, but does …
APRA keeps macroprudential policy settings steady
… portfolios continue to rise slowly, they remain below Covid peaks. As a result of these considerations: the …
APRA releases findings from insurance risk management review
… business interruption (BI) issues during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic where lockdowns and other restrictions …
APRA releases superannuation statistics for December 2021
… increase is likely a consequence of member reactions to COVID-19 related measures, such as increases in lockdown …
APRA’s new Corporate Plan focuses on protecting today, while preparing for tomorrow
… and activities. “With no sign of an imminent end to the COVID crisis, helping regulated entities and their customers …
APRA releases superannuation statistics for June 2022
… the accumulation of household savings during the onset of COVID-19. Benefit payments totalled $85.8 billion, declining …
Confidentiality of data used in ADI quarterly publications and additional historical data
… consultation was paused in response to COVID-19. The consultation letter and attached document can …
APRA releases annual report on counter-cyclical capital buffer
… strong; There is ongoing uncertainty due to COVID-19 and some downside risks remain. In addition, …