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Wayne Byers, age 79, died Sunday, April 20, 2025 at Atrium Health in Cabarrus. The funeral service will be conducted at 2:00 pm on Friday, April 25th at the Missionary Wesleyan Church. The family will receive friends one hour prior to service time at the church. Interment will follow at Eternal Hills Memorial Park with military honors being provided by the Rutherford County Honor Guard. Memorial donations are requested to Missionary Wesleyan Church, 811 Doggett Road, Forest City, NC 28043.
Macquarie appoints Byres, half-year results decline
Former APRA chair Wayne Byres will join the board of Macquarie Bank as the latter releases half-year results that are "substantially down" compared to this time last year. Byers is set to join as a non-executive director on 1 February 2024. Byres left APRA last October after serving as chair for more than eight years. Byres was also a member of the Reserve Bank of Australia's Payments System Board during that period. He is currently an adviser with the International Monetary Fund.
Trustees to be quizzed on climate risk management
Many superannuation funds will soon be asked to self-assess how their current practices align to the prudential regulator's guidance on managing the financial risks of climate change. APRA will soon be sending a voluntary survey to medium-to-large entities in its remit, asking them to assess themselves against Prudential Practice Guide CPG 229 Climate Change Financial Risks which came out last November.
Culture Audits: Removing the Blindfold
Leaders along all Three Lines of Defence are being held personally accountable for misconduct that takes place on their watch. To avoid individual liability, they must identify leading indicators of risk that permit for “upstream” interventions, say Starling’s Stephen Scott and former HSBC Global Head of Operational Risk and ORX Chairman, Mark Cooke.
Byers warns not to spread APRA too thin
With every review adding more to its plate, APRA chair Wayne Byers has warned against spreading the regulator too thin. Appearing before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics on Friday, APRA deputy chair John Lonsdale reiterated the prudential regulator's view that it requires more funding to ensure remain an effective regulator. "APRA has been clear from the outset that we support all of the panel's recommendations," Lonsdale said.
Industry not impressed with APRA
The latest stakeholder survey shows the Royal Commission continues to hurt the regulator's standing in the financial services community. APRA's latest biennial stakeholder survey shows industry players are less impressed with the prudential regulator than they were two years ago, before the Royal Commission maelstrom struck.
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Silver linings: APRA told to fix culture, leadership and structure but may escape APS pay-rise policy
The four members of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority need to encourage more “internal debate and contestability” within the agency and a higher level of leadership capability at all levels, according to an independent review. And they should not have to comply with the Australian Public Service enterprise bargaining policy, say reviewers Graeme Samuel, Diane Smith-Gander and Grant Spencer.
Australia: Banking Misconduct Drives Search for RegTech Remedies
Australia may emerge as a world-leader in RegTech adoption as a remedy to banking culture and misconduct issues, say Jeff […] Related:APRA, ASIC, big data analytics, CBA, Conduct, Culture, De Nederlandsche Bank, FCA, Governance, Greg Medcraft, James Shipton, John Price, Josh Frydenberg, Kenneth Hayne, Machine Learning, Michael Saadat, Misconduct, OECD, Regtech, Royal Commission, Starling Trust, Wayne Byers
APRA to up the ante
APRA's new enforcement strategy will see it toughen up, but its safety-first approach will be retained. The prudential regulator released its new enforcement strategy alongside the enforcement review that commenced in November after its enforcement methods came under sharp public scrutiny during the Royal Commission.
APRA to boost staff numbers
APRA has confirmed it will hire around 100 more permanent staff after its funding boost. In a planned statement to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee, APRA chair Wayne Byers revealed the prudential regulator is looking to hire 100 more permanent staff and hinted at a new enforcement approach.
Byers, Elton
Elton "Bud" L. Byers Jr. Elton L. Byers Jr., age 88, of Riverside, Calif., formerly of Council Bluffs, passed away on November 27, 2018, at his residence. Bud was born on February 26, 1930 in Henderson, Iowa, to the late Elton Sr. and Lucille (Boruff) Byers. Bud served his country in the U.S. Navy during the Korean Conflict. Bud worked as a Truck Driver for Ready Mixed Concrete for over 20 years. Bud married Bonnie Gray in June 1970.
Frydenberg boosts APRA funding
The Federal Government has moved to strengthen supervision of the financial services industry, boosting APRA's funding and reappointing chair Wayne Byers for five years. The prudential regulator will welcome an extra $58.7 million in funding over the next four years, in a move set to increase the number of frontline supervisors at Australia's largest financial institutions.
Increasing trust not up to APRA: Byers
Regaining the trust of Australians is a responsibility for the financial services industry, not the prudential regulator. Speaking at the Annual Risk Management Association CRO conference in Sydney this week, APRA chairman Wayne Byers said the Royal Commission brought many well-known industry issues before the eyes of the public for the first time.
Second APRA deputy chair nominated
The prudential regulator has welcomed the nomination of an additional deputy chair and the reappointment of Helen Rowell. The Federal Government reappointed Rowell as APRA deputy chair with a new five-year term set to begin on July 1. The end of the term will mark 10 years for Rowell as a member of the prudential regulator, having first linked with APRA in 2013.
Wayne Lee Byers
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Radiology Associates adds doctors, American Pride Bank names officers | The Telegraph
Radiology Associates adds four doctors Radiology Associates of Macon, a regional diagnostic radiology practice, has added four diagnostic radiologists, two who are interventional radiologists. Joshua Cooper, MD is a graduate of Wofford College, and earned a masters of health at MUSC then completed medical school at University of Alabama-Birmingham. His residency in diagnostic radiology was completed at Louisiana State University. He returned to UAB to complete his fellowship in body imaging.
Regulators expose flaws in government's economic policy - Crikey
Between them, the heads of the Reserve Bank and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority have delivered a pointed jolt to governments, and especially the Commonwealth.
Toppers Pizza expanding into north Raleigh - Triangle Business Journal
The owner of the Triangle's lone Toppers Pizza restaurant in Chapel Hill has formed a new partnership to expand the brand into north Raleigh later this year. Wayne Byers, who opened the Toppers Pizza in Chapel Hill in 2014, says he and his new partners are actively looking for at least three new locations between the Glenwood Avenue and Capital Boulevard corridors in north Raleigh over the next three years.
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