Credit cards making profits for NZ banking 27 January 2016 4:44PM The consumer credit market in New Zealand looks to have a more profitable business mix for banks than its troubled counterpart in Australia. read more
Macquarie raises blue and white flags in US equities 26 January 2016 4:58PM A "failure to provide complete and accurate trade data" to authorities was the surprising charge in a sanction from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority against Macquarie Group on Christmas Eve.. read more
Comment: Scatty Macquarie an Australian banking industry shocker 26 January 2016 4:57PM The consequences of tolerating long running, daily defects in its US blue sheets (as reported above) might be considered minor for Macquarie. The fine imposed last month by FINRA was equivalent to a c.. read more
Five banks cut loose from Chi-X 26 January 2016 4:56PM JC Flowers will be the new owner of securities exchange Chi-X Australia. read more
Wider spreads start Australian debt market for 2016 25 January 2016 5:04PM Spreads agreed on newly minted wholesale bank debt from Australian names priced at much wider levels than prevailed in 2015. read more
Australian banks an oasis for international bond markets 25 January 2016 5:02PM Australian banks are proving to be a pillar - or maybe a lackey - of global financial markets at a time of capital rationing in international banking. read more
Palliative care ordered by BIS for stressed global fixed income markets 25 January 2016 5:01PM Alarm bells and rescue missions often go hand in hand, and so it is with a key piece of work from the Bank for International Settlements. On this occasion, the emergency services promise more and bett.. read more
A$32bn core capital needed by Australian banks 21 December 2015 5:14PM The capital needs facing banks are still massive, if some analysts at Commonwealth Bank are on the money. read more
Eight days in banking 21 December 2015 5:11PM Post-uni in December 1988, I landed in Sydney fresh from university in Tasmania in need of work. read more
Comment: The comic bond crisis of 1994 21 December 2015 5:10PM Ian Rogers reflects on his return to the Financial Review in 1993 and the drama of the bond sell off the following year. read more