Most feast on billion-dollar kill 15 November 2010 6:41PM Commonwealth Bank walks away with the richest share of the pickings from the last fortnight's banking feast - one that, at a click of the wrist, delivers a notional addition to profit of $1.1 billio.. read more
CBA back in RMBS market 12 November 2010 5:34PM Commonwealth Bank is working the final weeks of the calendar year hard to drum up new sources of wholesale funding from the domestic market. read more
RHG finally winds down 12 November 2010 5:32PM RHG Limited, the former Rams Home Loans, will sell its residual home loan book and return its net assets to investors, the company announced at its annual meeting, held in Sydney yesterday. read more
Opportunities amid rate confusion 11 November 2010 6:13PM ANZ is making a big effort to cut through the noise generated by its 39 basis point rise in home loans rates. It's not only wiping out exit fees on its own loans, but is also offering to pay $1000 t.. read more
Exit fee options narrow for niche lenders 11 November 2010 6:09PM The final version of ASIC's guide for lenders on its approach to break fees on home loans is a little friendlier towards borrowers and a little stricter towards providers than the first draft. read more
More limits on executive pay likely 10 November 2010 5:55PM Further limit on banks' flexibility to work out suitable salary packages with their most senior staff could form one element of the package of banking reforms Treasurer Wayne Swan plans to outline n.. read more
Low yield proposed on CBA retail bond 09 November 2010 5:48PM Anyone considering an investment in the five-year retail bond that Commonwealth Bank yesterday commenced preliminary marketing for may be selling themselves short on the interest rate. read more
Scraps feed the banking debate 08 November 2010 4:52PM Commonwealth Bank helped keep the debate, however scatty, over bank pricing and bank conduct and bank regulation on the front pages of the weekend newspapers, and with more echoes of that debate featu.. read more
Patersons makes grab for Goldfields banking licence 05 November 2010 5:41PM The idea that banking is a difficult and expensive market to enter is being tested at present. Patersons Securities, a growing force in Perth finance, plans to acquire majority control of Goldfields.. read more
Abacus asks: why buy what you already own? 05 November 2010 5:38PM The demutualisation of Goldfields Credit Union will be the third in a decade. Statewest Credit Society, which listed through the Home Building Society in 2006 and disappeared into the innards of Bank.. read more