Institutional Investors

• John Kavanagh

AMP is committing $300 million in seed funding to its Alternative Debt Fund. read more

• John Kavanagh

As more details of the government’s proposed changes to foreign investment rules become available, it has emerged that lenders will be affected by the reforms. read more

• George Lekakis

Climate activist group Market Forces is stepping up campaigns against NAB and ANZ over the two lenders’ continuing support for domestic and overseas fossil-fuel projects. read more

• Banking Day staff

If the companies it researched reported like IFM Investors, the dinky di global fund manager of the same name would go nowhere holding a scrap of its debt or equity. read more

• Bernard Kellerman

Another legal battle over damage inflicted on conservative investors who were unwittingly lured into high risk investments is nearing an end in the Federal Court. read more

• Bernard Kellerman

Queensland Treasury Corporation is planning to issue certified and independently verified green bonds to domestic and international investors. read more

• Bernard Kellerman

A business model for yet another fintech style operation, aimed at stealing a few more pieces of the banking sector's lunch, is being developed by an ex-Goldman Sachs banker. read more

• Ian Rogers

"The Japanese, Chinese, Korean banks - they're being paid to lend," says Kelly Bayer Rosmarin, head of institutional banking at Commonwealth Bank, in The Australian. read more

• Bernard Kellerman

According to a new report from KPMG, overall global investment in fintech companies across both venture-backed and non-venture-backed companies totalled US$9.4 billion in 2Q 2016, buoyed by Ant Financ.. read more

• John Kavanagh

One segment of the debt market that has not received a boost from low rates is margin lending. The number of margin loan accounts fell by 2.8 per cent in the June 2016 quarter and is down almost fiv.. read more

• Philip Bayley

One problem with cutting official interest rates is that it can lead to increased credit spreads. Investors may form the view that economic conditions are weakening and therefore risk margins need to.. read more

• John Kavanagh

Australian Unity Investments is reviving its mortgage investments business, switching from its traditional pooled fund approach to a "contributory" model. read more

• Ian Rogers

A specialist funder of some form dedicated to directing increased investment toward social housing may be gathering supporters. read more

• Banking Day staff

BT Investment Management has appointed Michael Bargholz as chief executive Australia. read more

• Ian Rogers

The Clean Energy Finance Corporation may have generated more social impact from its investment program over the last year against the background of a government owner demanding a lift in returns from.. read more

• Banking Day staff

The FBI arrested a senior HSBC banker as he attempted to board a plane in New York on Tuesday night, The Guardian reports. read more

• Ian Rogers

The vulnerability of a casualised workforce is one risk highlighted in an analysis of banks' sensitivities to shocks and pressure on credit profiles circulated by Moody's Investors Service yester.. read more

• Philip Bayley

National Australia Bank's Capital Notes 2 (NABPD) commenced trading on the Australian Securities Exchange on Friday, a week after Westpac's Capital Notes 4 began deferred settlement trading on the ASX.. read more

• Ian Rogers

Marketplace lender DirectMoney is soaking up equity and debt capital to accelerate growth, with at least three banks now providing wholesale funding. read more

• Banking Day staff

The British government has cancelled its plans to sell its holdings in Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group this year in the wake of Brexit, Reuters reports. read more