Rumour mill: Calm at the top masks turmoil below 14 November 2014 4:52PM The news Westpac's chief executive was moving on and Brian Hartzer was moving up did not meet with a great deal of surprise among industry insiders, but did garner some grudging admiration from a few.. read more
Comment: Bad banks stay bad, regulators get tainted 14 November 2014 4:51PM Allegations of price fixing and manipulation of benchmarks affecting the US$5.3 trillion-a day foreign exchange market ended with five of the world's major banks being fined almost US$6 billion by glo.. read more
CBA hears from its smallest and keenest shareholders 13 November 2014 5:21PM This year's the Commonwealth Bank of Australia's AGM was an especially long and drawn out affair, running for well over three hours as the bank's enthusiastic cohort of shareholders quizzed bank execu.. read more
ANZ under fire over Timbercorp loans 13 November 2014 5:05PM An "emergency" senate committee hearing ran in Melbourne yesterday to investigate ANZ's role in the 2009 collapse of tax-driven forestry scheme Timbercorp. Many small investors were encouraged by thei.. read more
APRA's updated timing for securitisation reform 12 November 2014 5:26PM Charles Littrell, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority executive general manager laid out his expected timetable for reform at the Australian Securitisation Forum in Sydney yesterday. read more
APRA clears most blockages to new securitisation rules 12 November 2014 5:24PM Since the previous appearance of Charles Littrell, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's executive general manager at the Australian Securitisation Forum's annual conference last year, the.. read more
BNP Paribas sets out Asia Pacific growth plans 11 November 2014 4:29PM BNP Paribas has set out an ambitious plan to turn its expertise, connections, technology and scale in global asset management and custodial services into an important part of the group's revenue-boost.. read more
'How low can U go?' UBank asks its rivals 07 November 2014 4:42PM NAB's online banking division, UBank, has announced a new variable annual home loan rate of 4.54 per cent, equalling the offer from the pace-setter of cheap variable rates on the market, FirstMac's lo.. read more
Grimshaw joins Cash Converters board 07 November 2014 4:39PM Former Bank of Queensland chief executive Stuart Grimshaw has taken up residence in Austin, Texas, as new executive chairman of pawnbroker EZCORP, but he is not altogether lost to Australia. read more
Wave of global change to push cost efficiencies 07 November 2014 4:37PM Tom Carey, president of global technology and operations solutions for EMEA and Asia Pacific at Broadridge, spoke yesterday to an audience of clients and investors on "achieving cost and efficiency ga.. read more