Fast-growing NAB pays capital penalty 26 August 2011 4:37PM With National Australia Bank's release of its third quarter "pillar 3" disclosure on Wednesday, it is possible to undertake a comparative analysis across the Big Four banks and Macquarie Bank. Such.. read more
Credit and equity investors divide on banks 15 August 2011 4:35PM The divergent horizons of credit and equity markets were on show last week, with credit spreads on bank debt securities widening in concert with trends on debt pricing worldwide. At the same time th.. read more
For the banks, this crisis may be different 10 August 2011 4:36PM Financial markets may be superficially exhibiting a degree of stress reminiscent of the later months of 2008, but in reality the credit markets are not functioning badly and Australia's large banks.. read more
Ratings agencies' oligopoly must be broken, says German Finance Minister 11 July 2011 4:45PM While financial markets appeared to take Standard & Poor's warning on the likelihood of a Greek default being called largely in their stride, the reaction to Moody's downgrade of Portugal was le.. read more
Analysis: No dream market for Big Four's debt raisings 23 June 2011 4:51PM Debt markets appear to be betting Australian banks will suffer fallout from any European debt crisis. A Bloomberg report earlier this week suggested that investors were moving into Australian bank bon.. read more
Markets spread Greek pain 21 June 2011 4:25PM Financial markets in Europe opened yesterday morning to the news that after seven hours of talks among EU finance ministers on Sunday aimed at avoiding a Greek default and a resulting domino effect.. read more
US might learn to like souvlaki 20 April 2011 4:27PM Standard & Poor's has become the first of the major credit rating agencies to move on the credit ratings assigned to the US. On Monday, S&P changed the outlook on the AAA rating assigned to.. read more
BNP sells the Australian story 09 August 2010 4:33PM BNP Paribas found investors over the last week for several instalments of the French banking giant's debt - a reminder of how rare it now is for a money centre bank to actively market Australian dol.. read more
Liberty returns after a year 09 August 2010 4:32PM Liberty Financial last week returned to the mortgage backed securities market after an absence of more than a year. Liberty last issued in April 2009, selling A$600 million of prime RMBS divided amo.. read more
Price tightens on four-year bank debt 09 August 2010 4:32PM National Australia Bank got the bank funding week started with a A$575 million addition to its September 2014 fixed and floating rate notes. read more