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Eligibility for the Committed Liquidity Facility from the Reserve Bank of Australia will be narrowed, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority indicated yesterday. read more

The wrangle over how to measure bank capital and establish whether that level is sufficient for Australia's banking industry may linger unresolved for a long time. read more

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority foreshadowed that it would take into account any proposals from the Financial System Inquiry when setting capital levels and other regulatory settings fo.. read more

APRA is considering whether "a more graduated approach to licensing may be warranted,"  going by comments in its second submission to the Financial System Inquiry. read more

National Australia Bank will go looking for a capital lift in excess of A$2 billion, through a partial and then a full sell down of its US banking subsidiary Great Western Bank. read more

There is a lack of hype about "peer to peer lending" in the prospectus for the IPO of US consumer lending challenger Lending Club. In fact, that term is entirely absent from the company's own document.. read more

The RBA discards the option of "formalising the role" of the Council of Financial Regulators in its second submission to the Murray inquiry. read more

An opinion on the central policy options advanced by David Murray's Financial System Inquiry is shadily included in the Reserve Bank of Australia's second submission. read more

The RBA has defended the A$250,000 cap on guaranteed bank deposits in its second submission to the Murray inquiry. read more

The Reserve Bank of Australia "concurs with the Interim Report's caution regarding unproven macroprudential tools," it said in its second submission to the Murray inquiry. read more