Cloud computing worries APRA 16 November 2010 6:15PM The trend toward cloud computing is ringing alarm bells at APRA, with the financial regulator writing to banks and insurers to remind them about the need to conform to established policies on outsourc.. read more
Slack demand contains CBA profit 16 November 2010 5:53PM Commonwealth Bank yesterday produced an uninspiring trading update for the first quarter, - one contained by "muted" credit growth and retail margins described as "the lowest ever". read more
Most feast on billion-dollar kill 15 November 2010 6:41PM Commonwealth Bank walks away with the richest share of the pickings from the last fortnight's banking feast - one that, at a click of the wrist, delivers a notional addition to profit of $1.1 billio.. read more
CBA back in RMBS market 12 November 2010 5:34PM Commonwealth Bank is working the final weeks of the calendar year hard to drum up new sources of wholesale funding from the domestic market. read more
RHG finally winds down 12 November 2010 5:32PM RHG Limited, the former Rams Home Loans, will sell its residual home loan book and return its net assets to investors, the company announced at its annual meeting, held in Sydney yesterday. read more
Opportunities amid rate confusion 11 November 2010 6:13PM ANZ is making a big effort to cut through the noise generated by its 39 basis point rise in home loans rates. It's not only wiping out exit fees on its own loans, but is also offering to pay $1000 t.. read more
Exit fee options narrow for niche lenders 11 November 2010 6:09PM The final version of ASIC's guide for lenders on its approach to break fees on home loans is a little friendlier towards borrowers and a little stricter towards providers than the first draft. read more
More limits on executive pay likely 10 November 2010 5:55PM Further limit on banks' flexibility to work out suitable salary packages with their most senior staff could form one element of the package of banking reforms Treasurer Wayne Swan plans to outline n.. read more
Low yield proposed on CBA retail bond 09 November 2010 5:48PM Anyone considering an investment in the five-year retail bond that Commonwealth Bank yesterday commenced preliminary marketing for may be selling themselves short on the interest rate. read more
Scraps feed the banking debate 08 November 2010 4:52PM Commonwealth Bank helped keep the debate, however scatty, over bank pricing and bank conduct and bank regulation on the front pages of the weekend newspapers, and with more echoes of that debate featu.. read more