Under resourcing chronic at APRA 14 February 2019 5:06PM APRA has 135 frontline supervisors - too few. read more
Thorburn and Henry finally throw in the towel 08 February 2019 5:33PM The "global search" by NAB's board for a new CEO may, for once, deliver a global banker to lead a pillar of an insular Australian banking industry. read more
Banking code of practice 'needs to be law' 05 February 2019 5:36PM Industry codes of practice will include "enforceable code provisions" the report of the banking royal commission proposes. read more
Analysis: Relief cheats reform in Hayne finale 05 February 2019 5:31PM A bit of a fizzer or a manifesto for reform?Upending the business model of entities along the mortgage broking value chain is the most material recommendation from the royal commission.Giving industry.. read more
'Enough' with bank bothering 05 February 2019 5:27PM "The banking royal commission should have revealed the 'crime of the century'," veteran campaigner Denise Brailey demanded yesterday. But it's over. read more
Incumbency counts on Hayne day 04 February 2019 5:19PM A lengthy briefing and analysis on the final report of the banking royal commission will be posted at our usual time, 7am Tuesday. read more
Negative daze as Hayne reports 01 February 2019 5:12PM A minimal, even lame catalogue of proposed criminal charges against banks and bankers. That's the tip about the imminent final report of Kenneth Hayne's banking royal commission. If correct, it is pos.. read more
ANZ clarifies mortgage record 31 January 2019 5:11PM ANZ provides a rare glimpse of precise data on its mortgage volumes.It's clear the broker channel accounts for the most valuable mortgage business for ANZ. read more
Resistance stalks NAB and ANZ 19 December 2018 5:27PM NAB is by far the biggest bank in trouble today, and this sultry Wednesday two Aussie biggies face a mannered revolution by the rich and influential at their AGMs. read more
Aussie banks' profits smashed by RBNZ 19 December 2018 5:23PM A haircut for Australian bank profits - but the collapse of bank profitability in New Zealand. That's the take of Andrew Lyons, Ashley Dalziell and Desmond Tsao in a commentary from Goldman Sachs Aust.. read more