Reporting Standard ARS 222.0
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Reporting Standard ARS 222.0
Exposures to Related Entities
Objective of this reporting standard
This reporting standard is made under section 13 of the Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001. It requires all authorised deposit-taking institutions, including foreign authorised deposit-taking institutions operating in Australia through branch operations, to report to APRA, generally on a quarterly basis, in relation to their exposures to related entities.
This reporting standard outlines the overall requirements for the provision of relevant information to APRA. It should be read in conjunction with Form ARF 222.0 Exposures to Related Entities designated for a ‘Licensed ADI/Extended Licensed Entity (ELE)’ and the associated instructions (each of which is attached and forms part of this reporting standard).
Purpose
- Data collected in Form ARF 222.0 Exposures to Related Entities (Form ARF 222.0) is used by APRA for the purpose of prudential supervision. It may also be used by the Reserve Bank of Australia.
Application
- This reporting standard applies to all authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADIs).
Information required
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A foreign ADI (including a foreign ADI that is a specialist credit card institution operating through a branch in Australia) must complete and provide to APRA, for the Australian branch, Part C of Form ARF 222.0 designated for a ‘Licensed ADI/ELE’, for each reporting period.
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All other ADIs must complete and provide to APRA Parts A and B of Form ARF 222.0 designated for a ‘Licensed ADI/ELE’ for each reporting period.
Forms and method of submission
- The information required by this reporting standard must be given to APRA either:
(a) in electronic form, using one of the electronic submission mechanisms provided by the ‘Direct to APRA’ (also known as ‘D2A’) application; or
(b) manually completed on paper, which must be faxed or mailed to APRA’s head office.
Note: the Direct to APRA application software and paper forms may be obtained from APRA.
Reporting periods and due dates
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Subject to paragraph 7, an ADI must provide the information required by this reporting standard for each quarter based on the financial year (within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001) of the ADI.
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APRA may, by notice in writing, change the reporting periods, or specified reporting periods, for a particular ADI, to require it to provide the information required by this reporting standard more frequently, or less frequently, having regard to:
(a) the particular circumstances of the ADI;
(b) the extent to which the information is required for the purposes of the prudential supervision of the ADI; and
(c) the requirements of the Reserve Bank of Australia or the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
- The information required by this reporting standard must be provided to APRA by the following times:
(a) in the case of information required by paragraphs 3 and 4 from a locally-incorporated bank, foreign ADI (other than a specialist credit card institution) or locally-incorporated special service provider – 20 business days after the end of the reporting period to which the information relates; and
(b) in the case of information required by paragraphs 3 and 4 from a locally- incorporated credit union, locally-incorporated building society, specialist credit card institution (whether locally-incorporated or not) or Cairns Penny Savings & Loans Limited – 15 business days after the end of the reporting period to which the information relates.
- APRA may grant an ADI an extension of a due date in writing, in which case the new due date for the provision of the information will be the date on the notice of extension.
Quality control
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The information provided by an ADI under this reporting standard must be the product of processes and controls that have been reviewed and tested by the external auditor of the ADI. AGS 1008 ‘Audit Implications of Prudential Reporting Requirements for Authorised Deposit-taking Institutions’, issued by the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board provides guidance on the scope and nature of the review and testing required from external auditors. This review and testing must be done on an annual basis or more frequently if necessary to enable the external auditor to form an opinion on the accuracy and reliability of the data.
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All information provided by an ADI under this reporting standard must be subject to processes and controls developed by the ADI for the internal review and authorisation of that information. It is the responsibility of the board and senior management of the ADI to ensure that an appropriate set of policies and procedures for the authorisation of data submitted to APRA is in place.
Authorisation
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If an ADI submits information under this reporting standard using the ‘Direct to APRA’ software, it will be necessary for an officer of the ADI to digitally sign, authorise and encrypt the relevant data. For this purpose, APRA’s certificate authority will issue ‘digital certificates’, for use with the software, to officers of the ADI who have authority from the ADI to transmit the data to APRA.
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If information under this reporting standard is provided in paper form, it must be signed on the front page of the relevant completed form by either:
(a) the Principal Executive Officer of the ADI; or
(b) the Chief Financial Officer of the ADI (whatever his or her official title may be).
Minor alterations to forms and instructions
- APRA may make minor variations to:
(a) a form that is part of this reporting standard, and the instructions to such a form, to correct technical, programming or logical errors, inconsistencies or anomalies; or
(b) the instructions to a form, to clarify their application to the form
without changing any substantive requirement in the form or instructions.
- If APRA makes such a variation it must notify in writing each ADI that is required to report under this reporting standard.
Transitional
- An ADI must report under the old reporting standard in respect of a transitional reporting period. For these purposes:
old reporting standard means the reporting standard revoked in the determination making this reporting standard (being the reporting standard which this reporting standard replaces).
transitional reporting period means a reporting period under the old reporting standard:
(a) which ended before the date of revocation of the old reporting standard; and
(b) in relation to which the ADI was required, under the old reporting standard, to report by a date on or after the date of revocation of the old reporting standard.
Interpretation - classifications of ADIs
- In this reporting standard:
ADI means an authorised deposit-taking institution within the meaning of the Banking Act 1959.
ADI list means the attached ADI list.
building society means an ADI whose name appears under the heading ‘Building Societies’ in the ADI list.
credit union means an ADI whose name appears under the heading ‘Credit Unions’ in the ADI list.
Extended Licensed Entity (ELE) means, in relation to a locally-incorporated ADI:
(a) the ADI; and
(b) all subsidiaries of the ADI that have been approved under AGN 222.1 Extended Licensed Entity for the purposes of APS 222 Associations with Related Entities (each made under s 11AF of the Banking Act 1959)
taken together and treated as if they formed a single entity for reporting purposes.
foreign ADI means an ADI that is not incorporated in Australia.
locally-incorporated means incorporated in Australia;
locally-incorporated bank means an ADI incorporated in Australia whose name appears under the heading ‘Australian-owned Banks’ or ‘Foreign Subsidiary Banks’ in the ADI list.
special service provider means an ADI whose name appears under the heading ‘Other ADIs’ in the ADI list (other than the Cairns Penny Savings & Loans Limited).
specialist credit card institution means an ADI whose name appears under the heading ‘Specialist Credit Card Institutions (SCCIs)’ in the ADI list.
- If an ADI is not in the ADI list, then:
(a) if the ADI assumes or uses the word ‘bank’ in relation to its financial business, and is locally-incorporated, it is taken to be a locally-incorporated bank for the purposes of this reporting standard;
(b) if the ADI assumes or uses the expression ‘building society’ in relation to its financial business, and is locally-incorporated, it is taken to be a locally-incorporated building society for the purposes of this reporting standard;
(c) if the ADI assumes or uses the expression ‘credit union’, ‘credit society’ or ‘credit co-operative’ in relation to its financial business, and is locally-incorporated, it is taken to be a locally-incorporated credit union for the purposes of this reporting standard; and
(d) if the ADI engages in credit card issuing or credit card acquiring, or both, and does not otherwise carry on banking business within the meaning of section 5 of the Banking Act 1959, it is taken to be a specialist credit card institution for the purposes of this reporting standard.
- APRA may in writing determine that an ADI is taken to be a locally-incorporated bank, locally-incorporated building society, locally-incorporated credit union, foreign ADI, special service provider or specialist credit card institution for the purposes of this standard (even if, under paragraph 17 or 18, it comes within a different classification).
Interpretation - other definitions
- In this reporting standard:
business days means ordinary business days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.
Principal Executive Officer means the principal executive officer of the ADI for the time being, by whatever name called, and whether or not he or she is a member of the governing board of the entity.
reporting period means a reporting period under paragraph 6 or, if applicable, paragraph 7.
The ADI list
Australian-owned Banks
- Adelaide Bank Limited
- AMP Bank Limited
- Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited
- Bank of Queensland Limited
- Bendigo Bank Limited
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia
- Commonwealth Development Bank of Australia Limited (a subsidiary of Commonwealth Bank of Australia)
- Elders Rural Bank Limited
- Macquarie Bank Limited
- Members Equity Bank Pty Limited
- National Australia Bank Limited
- St George Bank Limited
- Suncorp-Metway Limited
- Westpac Banking Corporation
Foreign Subsidiary Banks
- Arab Bank Australia Limited
- Bank of China (Australia) Limited
- Bank of Cyprus Australia Pty Limited
- BankWest (the trading name of Bank of Western Australia Limited, a foreign subsidiary bank following its sale to Bank of Scotland in December 1995)
- Citigroup Pty Limited
- HSBC Bank Australia Limited
- ING Bank (Australia) Limited
- Investec Bank (Australia) Limited
- Laiki Bank (Australia) Limited
- NM Rothschild & Sons (Australia) Limited
- Rabobank Australia Limited (a subsidiary of Rabobank Nederland from October 1994)
Branches of Foreign Banks
- ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
- Bank of America, National Association
- Bank of China (subject to depositor protection provisions of the Banking Act 1959)
- Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd
- Barclays Capital (the trading name of Barclays Bank plc)
- BNP Paribas
- Citibank N.A.
- Credit Suisse
- Deutsche Bank AG
- HBOS Treasury Services plc
- HSBC Bank plc
- ING Bank NV
- JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
- Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd
- Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited
- Rabobank Nederland (the trading name of Co-operative Central Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A.)
- Royal Bank of Canada
- Société Générale
- Standard Chartered Bank
- State Bank of India
- State Street Bank and Trust Company
- The International Commercial Bank of China
- The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc
- The Toronto-Dominion Bank
- Taiwan Business Bank
- UBS AG
- United Overseas Bank Limited
- WestLB AG
Building Societies
- ABS Building Society Ltd
- B & E Ltd
- Greater Building Society Ltd
- Heritage Building Society Limited
- Home Building Society Ltd
- Hume Building Society Ltd
- IMB Ltd
- Lifeplan Australia Building Society Limited
- Mackay Permanent Building Society Ltd
- Maitland Mutual Building Society Limited
- Newcastle Permanent Building Society Ltd
- Pioneer Permanent Building Society Limited
- The Rock Building Society Limited
- Wide Bay Australia Ltd
Credit Unions
- Alliance One Credit Union Ltd
- AMP Employees' & Agents Credit Union Limited
- Austral Credit Union Limited
- Australian Central Credit Union Limited
- Australian Country Credit Union Ltd (trading as Reliance Credit Union)
- Australian Defence Credit Union Ltd
- AWA Credit Union Limited
- Bananacoast Community Credit Union Ltd
- Bankstown City Credit Union Ltd
- Berrima District Credit Union Ltd
- Big Sky Credit Union Ltd
- Blue Mountains and Riverlands Community Credit Union Ltd
- Broadway Credit Union Ltd
- Calare Credit Union Ltd
- CAPE Credit Union Limited
- Capital Credit Union Ltd
- Capricornia Credit Union Ltd
- Carboy (SA) Credit Union Limited
- Central Murray Credit Union Limited
- Central West Credit Union Limited
- Circle Credit Co-operative Limited
- Coastline Credit Union Limited
- Collie Miners Credit Union Ltd
- Community Alliance Credit Union Limited
- Community CPS Australia Limited
- Community First Credit Union Limited
- Companion Credit Union Limited
- Comtax Credit Union Limited
- Connect Credit Union of Tasmania Limited
- Country First Credit Union Ltd
- CPS Credit Union Co-operative (ACT) Limited
- Credit Union Australia Ltd
- Credit Union Incitec Pivot Limited
- Croatian Community Credit Union Limited
- CSR and Rinker Employees Credit Union Limited
- Dairy Farmers Credit Union Ltd
- Defence Force Credit Union Limited
- Discovery Credit Union Ltd
- Dnister Ukrainian Credit Co-operative Limited
- ELCOM Credit Union Ltd
- Electricity Credit Union Ltd
- Encompass Credit Union Limited
- Ericsson Employees Credit Co-operative Limited
- Esso Employees' Credit Union Ltd
- Eurobodalla Credit Union Ltd
- Family First Credit Union Limited
- Fire Brigades Employees' Credit Union Limited
- Fire Service Credit Union Limited
- Firefighters & Affiliates Credit Co-operative Limited
- First Option Credit Union Limited
- First Pacific Credit Union Limited
- Fitzroy & Carlton Community Credit Co-operative Limited
- Ford Co-operative Credit Society Limited
- Gateway Credit Union Ltd
- Geelong & District Credit Co-operative Society Limited
- GMH (Employees) Q.W.L. Credit Co-operative Limited
- Goldfields Credit Union Ltd
- Gosford City Credit Union Ltd
- Goulburn Murray Credit Union Co-operative Limited
- H.M.C. Staff Credit Union Ltd
- Heritage Isle Credit Union Limited
- Hibernian Credit Union Limited
- Holiday Coast Credit Union Ltd
- Horizon Credit Union Ltd
- Hoverla Ukrainian Credit Co-operative Ltd
- Hunter Mutual Limited
- Hunter United Employees' Credit Union Limited
- Industries Mutual Credit Union Limited
- Intech Credit Union Limited
- Island State Credit Union Ltd
- Karpaty Ukrainian Credit Union Limited
- La Trobe Country Credit Co-operative Limited
- La Trobe University Credit Union Co-operative Limited
- Laboratories Credit Union Ltd
- Latvian Australian Credit Co-operative Society Limited
- Lithuanian Co-operative Society (Talka) Limited
- Lysaght Credit Union Ltd
- MacArthur Credit Union Ltd
- Macaulay Community Credit Co-operative Limited
- Macquarie Credit Union Limited
- Maleny and District Community Credit Union Limited
- Manly Warringah Credit Union Ltd
- Maritime Workers of Australia Credit Union Ltd
- Maroondah Credit Union Ltd
- MECU Limited
- Melbourne University Credit Union Limited
- Memberfirst Credit Union Limited
- New England Credit Union Ltd
- Newcom Colliery Employees' Credit Union Ltd
- Northern Inland Credit Union Ltd
- Nova Credit Union Limited
- NSW Teachers Credit Union Ltd
- Old Gold Credit Union Co-operative Limited
- Orana Credit Union Ltd
- Orange Credit Union Limited
- Phoenix (NSW) Credit Union Ltd
- Plenty Credit Co-operative Limited
- Police & Nurses Credit Society Limited
- Police Association Credit Co-operative Limited
- Police Credit Union Limited
- Polish Community Credit Union Ltd
- Power Credit Union Limited
- Powerstate Credit Union Ltd
- Pulse Credit Union Limited
- Qantas Staff Credit Union Limited
- Queensland Community Credit Union Limited
- Queensland Country Credit Union Ltd
- Queensland Police Credit Union Limited
- Queensland Professional Credit Union Ltd
- Queensland Teachers' Credit Union Limited
- Queenslanders Credit Union Limited
- Railways Credit Union Limited
- RegionalOne Credit Union Limited
- Resources Credit Union Limited
- RTA Staff Credit Union Limited
- Satisfac Direct Credit Union Limited
- Savings and Loans Credit Union (S.A.) Ltd
- Security Credit Union Ltd
- Select Credit Union Ltd
- Service One Credit Union Ltd
- SGE Credit Union Limited
- Shell Employees' Credit Union Limited
- South West Slopes Credit Union Ltd
- Southern Cross Credit Union Limited
- South-West Credit Union Co-operative Limited
- St Mary's Swan Hill Co-operative Credit Society Limited
- St Patrick's Mentone Co-operative Credit Society Limited
- Statewest Credit Society Limited
- Sutherland Credit Union Ltd
- Sutherland Shire Council Employees' Credit Union Ltd
- Sydney Credit Union Ltd
- Tartan Credit Union Ltd
- The Broken Hill Community Credit Union Ltd
- The Gympie Credit Union Ltd
- The Police Department Employees' Credit Union Limited
- The Summerland Credit Union Limited
- The TAFE and Community Credit Union Limited
- The University Credit Society Limited
- Traditional Credit Union Limited
- TransComm Credit Co-operative Limited
- Uni Credit Union Ltd
- United Credit Union Limited
- Victoria Teachers Credit Union Limited
- Wagga Mutual Credit Union Ltd
- Warwick Credit Union Ltd
- WAW Credit Union Co-operative Limited
- Westax Credit Society Ltd
- Western City Credit Union Ltd
- Woolworths/Safeway Employees' Credit Co-operative Limited
- Wyong Council Credit Union Ltd
- Yennora Credit Union Ltd
Specialist Credit Card Institutions (SCCIs)
Foreign-owned SCCIs
- GE Capital Finance Australia
- GE Finance Australasia Pty Ltd
Locally Incorporated SCCIs
- MoneySwitch Limited
Other ADIs
These companies are run by industry bodies and provide services (eg payments clearing) to member building societies and credit unions.
- Australian Settlements Limited
- Credit Union Services Corporation (Australia) Limited
- Indue Ltd
One ADI that provides general banking services which does not fall into the other categories.
- Cairns Penny Savings & Loans Limited
Authorised Non-Operating Holding Companies
- HBOS Australia Pty Ltd