Stevens reflects on the crisis 23 July 2014 3:34PM Speaking in Sydney yesterday, Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens said: "I've observed a number of economic and financial episodes over the past 30 plus years. In just about every one of.. read more
Small fry fight for mortgage scraps 23 July 2014 3:34PM ME Bank, Bank of Queensland and ANZ are three banks gaining momentum from mortgage aggregator AFG as a third party sales channel, according to AFG's quarterly market share report. Macquarie also conti.. read more
CEFC emits modest returns 23 July 2014 3:32PM A return of only seven per cent is the financial year-end outcome for Clean Energy Finance Corp. read more
Bank tax champ Petschler leaves COBA 22 July 2014 3:13PM The custodian of many mutual ADI strategies during the crisis years and beyond is moving on. Louise Petschler has quit as CEO of the Customer Owned Banking Association after more than six years in the.. read more
$5bn of assets in 'intensive care' 21 July 2014 3:52PM Prudential regulator APRA revealed on Friday it had around $5 billion of assets handled within its "two highest categories for regulatory intervention." read more
Byres defends status quo on banking regulation 21 July 2014 3:51PM APRA members "see little reason to change" the regulator's philosophy on prudential supervision, Wayne Byres, chair of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, told a hearing of the House of Re.. read more
Westpac passes CBA on DBM monitor 21 July 2014 3:50PM Westpac has nudged ahead in one measure of business satisfaction, displacing Commonwealth Bank as top ranked bank in the small business segment on DBM Consultants' Business Financial Services Monitor. read more
Majors need $23bn in core capital 18 July 2014 3:49PM ANZ and NAB may take longer to meet any stiffer new capital ratios than their Sydney-headquartered big bank rivals, sell-side analysts at UBS estimate. read more
Comment: Murray's top ten 18 July 2014 3:46PM How boring is the FOFA debate? So avoidable, so predictable and so all consuming - it's a bit extraordinary how much of the Murray inquiry commentary starts with an advice slant. read more
Murray keeps Hockey's 9-point plan in play 17 July 2014 3:52PM When David Murray's panel this week produced its interim report of the Financial System Inquiry, Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey moved half way towards notching up at least one more goal of the nine poin.. read more