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The Productivity Commission will soon conduct an Inquiry "to look at ways to bring down the cost of infrastructure, including facilitating greater private sector involvement in major infrastructure.. read more

A "wealthy international family" will be the funder of the planned class action by aggrieved business borrowers of Bankwest against Commonwealth Bank. read more

The proposed deposit insurance fund may reach A$19 billion over time, a little scrutinised regulation impact statement from the Department of Finance and Deregulation reveals. read more

Westpac has put out more rosy estimates on the progress of its Bank of Melbourne brand. The bank estimated BOM's market share at 4.2 per cent at September 2013, up from 3.5 per cent one year ago and.. read more

Westpac will have paid out 86 per cent of this year's profit as a dividend, thanks to a second "special dividend" of 10 cents for the year from the bank in the second half. read more

"Further improvement" is needed by banks on liquidity management, in the view of the prudential regulator. Given this, it's of interest to survey disclosures from three banks during last week's prof.. read more

Macquarie Bank estimates its leverage ratio at 5.5 per cent at September 2013. It is the first bank to publish this estimate on a capital measure - which has a three per cent minimum - that banks mu.. read more

Three of Macquarie Group's three main divisions are finally paying their way, while the rest continue to drag on the group's returns. read more

Many jobs at Westpac's contact centres will have their job descriptions updated over the next 14 months as the bank adopts a new "national operating model". read more

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority said it would publish "the key elements of its methodology" for assessing domestic systemically important banks, or D-SIBs, by the end of the year. read more