Small business expects better times, more bank funding 24 July 2014 3:57PM Bankwest sponsored research into the views of senior managers at small to medium businesses has uncovered a vein of bullishness and some firm intentions to borrow more over the next few years. read more
MacBank outperforms by ten per cent, as expected 18 July 2014 5:39PM Macquarie Group's share price has outperformed the global investment bank sector average by about ten per cent since its March 2014 financial year results, banking analysts at JP Morgan Australia sa.. read more
Provisioning practices of Australian banks 18 July 2014 3:47PM New research released by the Centre for International Finance and Regulation has shown how provisioning affects the quality and size of the Australian banking system's regulatory capital base. read more
Offshore capital markets slow funding task 17 July 2014 3:54PM Comments from Mike Smith, ANZ's chief executive and head of the Financing Growth Taskforce for the B20 summit of world business leaders, on the need lighten up on regulation to increase lending come a.. read more
ADCU launches fee-free defensive super investment 17 July 2014 3:53PM The Australian Defence Credit Union has reacted to the heat and steam being generated over super fund fees by the Financial Services Inquiry by pointing to its two new low-fee investment "capital guar.. read more
Business banks set to do better out of Murray Inquiry 17 July 2014 3:51PM Now the dust has settled around the interim report of the Financial System Inquiry, the banking analysts at Credit Suisse have reaffirmed their preference for business orientated bank stocks over cons.. read more
Banks need self-analysis before adopting analytics 16 July 2014 4:38PM The financial services sector is currently going through a period of transformation, with disruption creating a new breed of competition for traditional players. This has created a smarter, more conne.. read more
SMSF borrowing a potential threat to the financial system 16 July 2014 4:01PM Leverage by superannuation funds may create vulnerabilities for the superannuation and financial systems if it is allowed to continue, the Financial System Inquiry interim report has warned. read more
Look to Chile for a better default super model 16 July 2014 1:17AM The Inquiry looked at the issue of costs for the superannuation industry, observing a trend in the wealth management sector toward more vertical integration. As the report highlighted, this also mea.. read more
Not enough competition in the superannuation industry 15 July 2014 7:02PM The interim report of the FSI draws attention to the fact that superannuation assets are around six times the level they were in 1997 and are now over A$1.8 trillion. Australia has the fourth largest.. read more