The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has released in final form four prudential standards - on governance, fitness and propriety, outsourcing and business continuity management - that will consolidate and replace 12 existing standards across the authorised deposit-taking (“ADI”), general i

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has today released the final package relating to refinements to the prudential and reporting standards for general insurance groups.


The Reserve Bank will provide a committed liquidity facility as part of Australia's implementation of the Basel III liquidity reforms.

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has released for consultation a discussion paper outlining its proposed implementation of the Basel III liquidity reforms in Australia.

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has released a response paper and 14 draft prudential standards in a third round of consultation on its review of capital standards for general and life insurers.

The International Organisation of Securities Commissions has released a paper which aims to promote discussion among regulators on the ways systemic risk comes under their mandates, and to give them insights into how they can identify, monitor, mitigate and manage systemic risk.

The International Organisation of Securities Commisisons Commodity Derivatives Markets Supervisory Principles, which update and add to the 1997 Tokyo Communiqué, were developed in response to contemporary trends in commodity derivatives markets.

The Financial Services Authority and the UK Treasury have jointly published a consultation paper which follows the adoption of an Amending Directive on 24 November 2010, which revised both the Prospectus Directive and the Transparency Directive.

The Financial Services Authority has published a revised version of its brief guide to the European Union and its legislative process.

The European Court of Justice has ruled that gender based pricing in insurance contracts is incompatible with EU law.