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Four of APRA's most senior executives will swap jobs with a colleague, a measure probably intended as a signal to lower ranks to widen their knowledge of the sectors they supervise. read more

ME Bank is counting on reaching aggressive, but organic, growth targets to lift its return on equity, with recent sales success helping to point the bank in the right direction. read more

Independent directors of ADI boards are often too deferential to chief executives or allow chairs to be too domineering, Australian Prudential Regulation Authority deputy chairman Ian Laughlin suggest.. read more

A KKR led consortium yesterday concluded terms for the purchase of GE Capital's consumer finance operations in Australia and New Zealand. KKR said in a media release that the purchase was valued at an.. read more

Banks and business may anticipate a few surprises in the taxation discussion paper the Australian Government plans to release in April. read more

Clydesdale Bank may need to review for a second time its handling of thousands of business loans, if the findings of a House of Commons committee have any weight. read more

The world's largest banks face "total capital shortfalls" of in excess of €103 billion, a new assessment by the Bank for International Settlements has found. read more

Seventeen of the world's larger banks "would not meet the three per cent tier one leverage ratio level," an assessment by the Bank for International Settlements has found. read more

The risks and consequences of a severe finance sector mishap forms part of the backdrop to the 2015 Intergenerational Report, but not a bold one. read more

Perfection seems to be assumed in framing elements of the 2015 Intergenerational Report. read more