Macquarie rips the veil from Liberty 08 July 2015 4:00PM Macquarie Bank is seeking enforcement of a Netherlands court judgement in Australia that exposes aspects of the complex structure of the Liberty Financial mortgage funding business. read more
Comment: Clydesdale liberation cornerstone of NAB sales job 08 July 2015 3:42PM National Australia Bank has its sales pitch underway at long last for the IPO of its Clydesdale Bank in Britain, dropping a superficially impressive disclosure pack on the market yesterday. read more
Westpac drags the chain on pay 08 July 2015 3:40PM Westpac has mooted a pay rise of 3.25 per cent for many staff in Australia, but rises of only two per cent for its better paid employees. read more
Substantial mortgage losses 'unlikely' in NZ 07 July 2015 3:55PM A warm review of New Zealand's sovereign rating from Fitch Ratings drew out mostly comforting commentary on the country's banking system. read more
ANZ and AmBank embroiled in Malaysian scandal 07 July 2015 3:54PM ANZ's associate bank in Malaysia, AMMB, may have connections to a messy affair of alleged corruption and money laundering involving the country's prime minister. read more
NAB content with investment lending settings 06 July 2015 3:57PM Andrew Thorburn, chief executive of National Australia Bank, said the bank's annualised growth in residential investment lending over May was still above the APRA threshold. "But it's coming bac.. read more
Former Orix chief banned from financial services 06 July 2015 3:56PM ASIC slapped a banning order on a second director of failed debenture issuer Provident Capital on Friday. read more
Challenger low doc mortgage tossed out 03 July 2015 4:18PM The cavalier approach of providers of low doc loans has been laid bare in a judgment of the Supreme Court of Western Australia that damns the conduct of Challenger Mortgage Management (formerly Inters.. read more
Comment: Greece tremors leave capital wondering 02 July 2015 3:56PM Is it global finance that has Alexis Tsipras and his once-eurosceptic Syriza Party at sixes and sevens over Greece's disentanglement from the easy credit that is a hallmark of a modern, integrated e.. read more
Comment: Back to the drachma 01 July 2015 3:42PM A return to the drachma is the only real option for Greece, one warranted five years ago and badly needed now. read more