Comment: Angered and enthused - the disconnected response to Labor's banking royal commission 18 April 2016 4:12PM Labor's call for a banking royal commission may have well and truly hit the right chords. First, with the mass market of voters (one that overlaps, by and large, with the "mass affluent" segment hunte.. read more
Business credit growth strong in non-mining sectors 15 April 2016 3:43PM Growth in the supply of business credit across the non-mining sector is better than ten per cent, a new OECD report shows. read more
Securency management fostered Nigerian bribes, court told 15 April 2016 3:42PM One of the first criminal proceedings - of an individual, rather than of a corporate entity - began in London last week in connection with allegations of bribery connected to Securency, a company part.. read more
Seven US banks in strife over living wills 15 April 2016 3:40PM US financial regulators have ruled the "living wills" of eight of America's largest banks were "not credible" or had "shortcomings", giving the banks until the beginning of October to remedy them or f.. read more
Great Southern refusnik finds no joy from court 14 April 2016 3:44PM Bendigo and Adelaide Bank have prevailed in another court case where a borrower investor in Great Southern wood lots refused to pay. read more
Comment: Securency stench casts Stevens' allies adrift 12 April 2016 4:14PM As the second five year term of current RBA governor Glenn Stevens winds up, it's more than likely that an outsider, rather than an obvious insider candidate, will be selected as the next governor.. read more
Misconduct central theme of Labor's banking royal commission 11 April 2016 3:59PM The Labor Party's proposed Royal Commission into the banking and financial services industry would be "wide-ranging", opposition leader Bill Shorten said on Friday. read more
Comment: Labor's banking inquiry shemozzle 11 April 2016 3:58PM Its popularity will be hard to argue with but the relevance and effectiveness of a royal commission into banking, as announced by Australia's Labor opposition, may be dubious. read more
NAB seeks value one more time from HNW 08 April 2016 4:06PM National Australia Bank has finally caught up with industry chat and outlined a revised "business model for high net worth market." read more
Banking Royal Commission likely with Labor 08 April 2016 4:04PM Establishing a royal commission into the banking sector is emerging once more as a policy priority for the Labor Party. read more