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Any inference that there may be less explicit government support for banks in a crisis may warrant a cut in the long-term credit rating of five banks, Standard & Poor's believes. read more

Banks will be expected to make vigorous use of mortgage-backed bonds as a long-term funding option to meet liquidity targets, a senior officer of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority made.. read more

A "key focus" of the forthcoming financial system inquiry "will be addressing the long term challenge for our nation to sustainably fund its economic growth," the treasurer, Joe Hockey, said in a sp.. read more

The Productivity Commission will soon conduct an Inquiry "to look at ways to bring down the cost of infrastructure, including facilitating greater private sector involvement in major infrastructure.. read more

A "wealthy international family" will be the funder of the planned class action by aggrieved business borrowers of Bankwest against Commonwealth Bank. read more

The proposed deposit insurance fund may reach A$19 billion over time, a little scrutinised regulation impact statement from the Department of Finance and Deregulation reveals. read more

Westpac has put out more rosy estimates on the progress of its Bank of Melbourne brand. The bank estimated BOM's market share at 4.2 per cent at September 2013, up from 3.5 per cent one year ago and.. read more

Westpac will have paid out 86 per cent of this year's profit as a dividend, thanks to a second "special dividend" of 10 cents for the year from the bank in the second half. read more

"Further improvement" is needed by banks on liquidity management, in the view of the prudential regulator. Given this, it's of interest to survey disclosures from three banks during last week's prof.. read more

Macquarie Bank estimates its leverage ratio at 5.5 per cent at September 2013. It is the first bank to publish this estimate on a capital measure - which has a three per cent minimum - that banks mu.. read more