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In a move pitched as giving its customers a wider and deeper range of bancassurance choices, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia is set to sell all its life insurance businesses in Australia and New Ze.. read more

The US Federal Reserve has announced that, starting in October 2017, it will gradually and predictably reduce its securities holdings by decreasing the reinvestment of principal payments held in the S.. read more

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has revised its outsourcing policy for large banks, following a detailed review by the central bank. read more

ASX-listed blockchain company, DigitalX, has walked Bankera, a European digital fintech platform, through the largest "pre-initial coin offering" round in history. read more

There has been a marked change in secondary liquidity within the residential mortgage-backed securities market when compared to the last decade, according to investment house Realm. read more

Monthly statistics from Thomson Reuters for the Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) loan market show the volume of syndicated and club loans to the end of August 2017 are at their lowest since 2012. read more

Of the US$11.1 trillion of Fitch-rated structured finance bonds issued across the globe between 2000 and 2016, 1.9 per cent has now been written off.  Fitch said in a recent report that it expect.. read more

APRA will be getting more involved in the risk function of financial services firms, with a pilot series of risk culture reviews already underway. read more

APRA chair Wayne Byres and his leadership team yesterday told the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics that the same risks for Australia's banking sector remain even though regulat.. read more

S&P Global Ratings has assigned a BB+ issue credit rating to the A$1.25 billion Additional Tier 1 capital securities that Westpac (rated AA-/Negative) has proposed to issue out of its New Zealand.. read more