Court sets aside Bendigo loan to elderly borrowers 13 March 2013 1:29PM Bendigo and Adelaide Bank will have to reduce the balance owing on a A$1.2 million loan to an elderly migrant couple in Sydney by around $250,000 after a judge ruled the bank should never have exten.. read more
MyState has capital plans for EPS 11 March 2013 5:43PM MyState Financial says there is "potential for rebalancing [the] tier one and tier two mix to fund growth and drive earnings per share growth." read more
Fund infrastructure later, advises NAB 08 March 2013 5:48PM The protocols of bidding for infrastructure projects need reform so the preferred provider can negotiate debt and equity funding with a diverse range of investors, a senior executive of National Aus.. read more
Infrastructure model needs fixing 08 March 2013 5:47PM The opportunities and tensions around drawing on superannuation funds to finance infrastructure investment received an airing at the Melbourne Financial Services Symposium yesterday. read more
CPS in merger talks with Alliance One 07 March 2013 5:20PM Community CPS Australia and Alliance One Credit Union say they are in merger discussions. The merger would be one of the larger credit union mergers in some time and the first for CPS in four.. read more
Bank buffers sufficient to absorb rising loan losses, says Fitch 05 March 2013 5:36PM A projected rise in loan losses for Australian banks this year "should be modest and manageable", Fitch Ratings says in an overview of the industry. read more
Wright writes down pre-paid card business 04 March 2013 5:48PM US payment processor Wright Express takes a write-down on its pre-paid card business in Australia. read more
Capital Finance shines for Lloyds 04 March 2013 5:46PM Lloyds Banking Group puts most of its troubled loans in Australia behind it. read more
Corporate loan market losing ground to bonds 01 March 2013 5:58PM Refinancing of syndicated loans is likely to fall away in 2013 and 2014 after a bumper year in 2012, perhaps frustrating the quest by banks to maintain on-balance sheet lending levels at a time of su.. read more
bankmecu sells down its MyState holding 01 March 2013 5:54PM bankmecu has sold down some of its holding in MyState Financial. read more