20 November 2020
An approach which supports APRA’s first proposal while overcoming the governance, timing and definitional issues outlined in this letter, is for APRA to publish only Level 2 capital, liquidity and asset quality items aligned with Pillar 3 after all entities have first disclosed the information to market.
The ABA supports APRA publishing data on a quarterly basis which is already reported under Pillar 3 requirements.
The ABA recommends APRA publish data only after ADIs have already disclosed it.
The ABA recommends that before making any data non-confidential or public, APRA conduct their own audit of data definitions to identify and rectify any gaps in the taxonomy.
The ABA recommends APRA only make non-confidential and publish Level 2 data.
The ABA recommends APRA provide written reassurance that the specific items in the forms which are non-confidential but not proposed to be published, will not be published without further consultation.
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