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The management of Australia's government balance sheet and the liabilities of the Reserve Bank of Australia need a rethink, to see if one problem in banking is being solved in a way that robs the coun.. read more

Businesses "need finance that looks more like venture capital," but banks probably are not suited to supply it, said Luci Ellis, head of the financial stability department at the RBA, on Friday. read more

An insurgency led by a Westpac home finance manager from Camberwell has resulted in a change of leadership at the Finance Sector Union. read more

Reserve Bank of Australia official Luci Ellis had some sober words on Friday for anyone hoping for a watering down of Basel III. read more

ANZ last week said it will announce the outcome of its monthly interest rate review by the Friday following the Reserve Bank of Australia's board meeting, a week earlier than before. read more

CBA's executive team spared itself a session with the hangman, deciding instead to fit in with an externally imposed narrative framed around compensating, in some cases a second time, customers that s.. read more

Of the many facets of CBA's mea culpa yesterday, its resort to a plea for improved financial literacy may be the most comic. The lack of insight and experience of customers is scarcely the issue when.. read more

The Federal Court, during the process of ordering consumer credit provider GE Capital Finance Australia to pay a penalty of A$1.5 million for making false or misleading representations, gave some insi.. read more

Questions of adequacy will be a sharp debating point as Commonwealth Bank finalises its compensation scheme for clients defrauded by some of its financial planners. read more

How dashing and colourful does the Commonwealth Bank board plan to be in its response to the financial planning mess? read more