Stevens reflects on the crisis

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

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

Bank tax champ Petschler leaves COBA

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

Byres defends status quo on banking regulation

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

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

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

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

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