Shared equity essential all round

There are stirrings of interest and the beginnings of a whole new world of home finance, as two glitzy state shared equity schemes rev up and one private sector partnership combine to make shared equi.. read more

Challenger a shambles in banking

What a peculiar legacy Challenger leaves in the banking landscape. Too eccentric and unlikely to be true was our take on it from early on. These things never work out in banking, or rarely, so why eve.. read more

Avenue misses its licence moment

Are the mob and the money behind Avenue Bank up to the mark? You don’t miss your two-year deadline to move up from RADI to a full banking licence. You get on with it and joust with the great whites of.. read more

The pain in CBA

As the bank treads water rather than growing fast, you have to wonder what the Commonwealth Bank result for the June 2023 full year tells you about coordination in Australian banking.  read more