Covenant-lite wriggles into life: Fitch 19 May 2015 4:02PM Banks are loosening covenants and showing a pre-GFC disposition to select corporate credit risk, Fitch Ratings said last night. read more
Majority of FSU executive opposed to Jordan 18 May 2015 3:43PM Internal strains at the Finance Sector Union arising from the boilover victory of challenger Fiona Jordan in last year's election for national secretary are spilling into the public domain through a.. read more
Small ADIs take chances on loan serviceability 14 May 2015 5:14PM There were "clearly examples of practice that were less than prudent" by smaller banks and mutual ADIs in a recent study by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, the regulator's chair, Way.. read more
RBA considers reduced investor lending growth 14 May 2015 3:57PM A decline in approvals for investor housing loans in the order of ten per cent to 20 per cent was considered as a policy goal by the Reserve Bank of Australia late last year, as it worked with APRA on.. read more
Consumer debt caution more embedded: ANZ 14 May 2015 3:53PM Greater consumer caution toward personal debt is one theme from a new study on financial literacy in Australia released by ANZ yesterday. read more
2015 Budget: Commonwealth bond supply follows the Hockey curve 13 May 2015 4:21PM The value of Commonwealth Government securities on issue, subject to the Treasurer's direction, is expected to jump by more than A$100 million over the next three financial years, last night's 2015 Bu.. read more
APRA pulls leash on foreign banks 13 May 2015 4:18PM The banking regulator is cracking down on uneven and in some cases non-compliant disclosure by foreign banks on the caution they give to customers regarding the protection of their deposits. read more
Comment: NAB matches ANZ for return on equity 08 May 2015 4:10PM One reason for the investment community's perpetual disappointment with National Australia Bank has been put to rest, to some degree, by the group's March 2015 half year profit. read more
UK exits soaks up NAB capital 08 May 2015 4:09PM National Australia Bank is using its need to prop up the capital of its stressed UK subsidiary as the rationale for a wider capital raising, planned to produce A$5.5 billion in new capital. read more
Comment: Credit growth taxes banks 08 May 2015 4:07PM Periods of lacklustre credit growth often morph into strife in banking, and it's interesting to observe this playing out in the form of lower margins across Australia's dominant banks. read more