Price signalling headed for the shadows

Bank executives may have to restrain any commentary on price trends and opportunities, and their views of competitor conduct, with dedicated "price signalling" amendments to the Competition and Cons.. read more

Margin management no surprise

Trends in bank funding costs received yet another review in the Reserve Bank of Australia's quarterly Statement on Monetary Policy on Friday, with the RBA's data providing implicit support for the i.. read more

Capital more than adequate, says Smith

Asked by an analyst yesterday about capital requirements in banking, ANZ's CEO Mike Smith says: "Every time we seem to get to the place that we want to be our regulators say we require more capital." read more

Industry gets help with margins

Banks have more scope to repair their margins now the Reserve Bank of Australia has said it will cut the target for the cash rate by 50 basis points to 3.75 per cent. read more

Shared equity rationed

Bendigo Bank is rationing access to its shared equity product, Homesafe, with only one third of the demand for this form of finance being fulfilled read more

NAB takes refuge in the north

National Australia Bank will shift £6 billion in commercial loans from its Clydesdale Bank arm in the UK to the main operating entity in Australia, with the bank opting for a version of the "good b.. read more

Macquarie faithful to its model

Macquarie Group is taking a long-term view of the earnings prospects for its capital markets' businesses, based mainly on the calibre of the managers charged with securing the turnaround of division.. read more

Limited buyback outlined by Macquarie

Macquarie Group provided a wide range of estimates of the level of its surplus capital at its full-year profit briefing. These estimates range from A$2.1 billion to $4.5 billion, though each measure.. read more