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Some facets of lender conduct central to borrower discontent with Commonwealth Bank's post 2008 management of Bankwest found their way into the report of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporati.. read more

A loss is a loss and, by any measure, the loss confirmed by National Australia Bank for the half year to March 2016 is spectacular. read more

Treasury bond issuance by the Australian government is expected to be around A$90 billion over 2016/17, the Australian Office of Financial Management advised yesterday. read more

A wind back in risk-weighted assets, at least in the institutional bank, will inform a strategic repositioning of ANZ's business mix over the next 12 to 18 months. read more

An impairment charge of A$260 million on ANZ's carrying value for its investment in Malaysia's AmBank is one lowlight of the 'Asian theme' of ANZ's half year result for March 2016. read more

There may be no great shortage in Australian government bonds to fill the liquidity books of banks, even if net debt of the federal government moderates in line with scenarios presented in last night'.. read more

Westpac experienced an escalation in home loans and consumer loans reported as 90 days or more past due over its last half year. read more

A well flagged rise in provisions for a handful of prominent dud loans to major borrowers should not be seen as a pointer to a weakening in the credit cycle - or so Westpac's top management argued at.. read more

Australia's major banks would work their way through even "a highly stressed scenario" of deteriorating corporate credits, Moody's Investors Service said in a report published on Friday. read more

Commonwealth Bank will have to fend off a class action from disgruntled former business borrowers of Bankwest, a process that will oblige the bank to continue to engage with a contested history over i.. read more