Westpac liable for flawed SMSF strategy

A corporate executive turned local politician and his wife have been partly successful in their Supreme Court of Queensland action against Westpac after implementing a self-managed superannuation fund.. read more

Queensland banks endorsed by Moody's

Moody's Rating Service has its upgraded its long-term rating for Bank of Queensland to 'A3' from 'Baa1'. This decision follows Standard & Poor's upgrade of BOQ's long-term issuer credit rating to.. read more

SocietyOne has no peers

Reports earlier this week that the new Westpac-backed venture capital fund Reinventure Group had taken a million stake in peer-to-peer lender SocietyOne missed the point. Westpac was not buying into a.. read more

Business payments remain slow: D&B

The time taken by Australian businesses to pay each other has not improved over the past year, according to Dun & Bradstreet's latest trade payments report. On D&B's analysis, during Q4 2013 b.. read more

BOQ wins against former NSW owner managers

The Supreme Court of NSW yesterday dismissed claims made by 11 former New South Wales franchisees against the Bank of Queensland. The claims were for compensation for losses suffered as a result of th.. read more

BOQ has double victory in Federal Court

Federal Court action by former property developer, and major Bank of Queensland business customer, Jacqueline Mulhern, to annul a sequestration of assets order made against her was dismissed yesterd.. read more

Moody's reports on customer-owned model

In a special report, Moody's Investors Service said it expects Australia's mutual financial institutions to remain under pressure in 2014. Increased competition for both loans and deposits on the b.. read more