30 April 2022
To assist APRA finalise the prudential practice guides (APG 110, APG 112 and APG 113), industry provides the attached feedback in response to:
1) the materials presented to the industry in the APRA-ABA workshop on 8 April; and
2) the subsequent queries to industry on 19 April.
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