Palliative care ordered by BIS for stressed global fixed income markets 25 January 2016 5:01PM Alarm bells and rescue missions often go hand in hand, and so it is with a key piece of work from the Bank for International Settlements. On this occasion, the emergency services promise more and bett.. read more
A$32bn core capital needed by Australian banks 21 December 2015 5:14PM The capital needs facing banks are still massive, if some analysts at Commonwealth Bank are on the money. read more
Eight days in banking 21 December 2015 5:11PM Post-uni in December 1988, I landed in Sydney fresh from university in Tasmania in need of work. read more
Comment: The comic bond crisis of 1994 21 December 2015 5:10PM Ian Rogers reflects on his return to the Financial Review in 1993 and the drama of the bond sell off the following year. read more
Forensically, still CBA faulty on planning 18 December 2015 5:31PM If Commonwealth Bank's response to the financial planning mess is meant to yield a story of aptitude it missed its target. read more
NAB should have sold UK banks before, Chaney confirms 18 December 2015 5:31PM "We would like to have sold the UK banks any time in the last six years," Michael Chaney, the outgoing chair of National Australia Bank said yesterday at the annual meeting. read more
APRA directs conservatism in Australian banking 18 December 2015 5:30PM ZERO per cent, that's the level of the countercyclical buffer rate for ADIs set by APRA for the Australian banking industry. read more
Tax minimisers thrive in banking 18 December 2015 5:29PM A close association with the funds management scene may correlate with the success of international banks at minimising Australian company tax. read more
Household credit demand takes a breather 18 December 2015 5:25PM Demand for credit during September quarter 2015 was at its highest on record at A$106 billion, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said yesterday. read more
So much more to credit cards than low cost funding 17 December 2015 5:33PM Some analysis on the profits and funding costs of banks' credit card portfolios made its way into the report of the Senate Economics References Committee on aspects of this industry niche. read more