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A surge in credit insurance claims may encourage a rethink on generally bullish views toward asset quality in banking. read more

Three new "green" themed infrastructure vehicles will emerge once Australia's Macquarie Group wraps up its GBP1.7 billion takeover of Britain's Green Investment Bank in late 2017. read more

Growth in lending for property investors may grind to a virtual halt, if the modelling by a Morgan Stanley sell-side analyst proves on the money. read more

In a merger approved by more than 90 per cent of its members, Bankstown City Credit Union will join the ranks of mutual bank labels from July, when the entity will become a division of Unity Bank. read more

Australia's banking sector needs "a sharp break with the past", wrote Stephen Sedgwick in his review of the industry's pay practices. But sharp does not mean short, with Sedgwick suggesting a three-ye.. read more

HR managers at banks won't be too fussed - though their employers' credit analysts may well be - with the purged list of "eligible skilled occupations" that can be covered by a "temporary skill shorta.. read more

A ban on accelerator reward payments and a shift to a fee-for-service payment model, funded by the banks, are highlights of Stephen Sedgwick's year-long review of retail banking remuneration. A long p.. read more

Compromised credit conditions facing property developers and their customers (often investors) form one nexus of the Reserve Bank of Australia's half-yearly Financial Stability Review, one that extend.. read more

Risks to financial stability "are primarily macroeconomic in nature, rather than direct risks to the stability of financial institutions", the Reserve Bank of Australia declares in its Financial Stabi.. read more

Demand for cash is on the wane on two fronts, with "cash out" at the point of sale fading alongside cash withdrawals from automatic teller machines, with both trends a function of the popularity of co.. read more