Standard & Poors

• Ian Rogers

The outer northern suburbs of Melbourne are emerging as arrears hot spots. read more

• Ian Rogers

The banking landscape “will settle with a small number of larger mutual players”, S&P Global said in a forthright assessment of this sector. read more

• John Kavanagh

The level of banks’ non-performing loans and credit losses will peak in the first half of next year at a relatively modest level, according to S&P Global Ratings. read more

• Ian Rogers

Monetary tightening is well and truly being felt in the largely self-employed outer urban fringe of the big cities. read more

• Ian Rogers

S&P is forecasting that the earnings of Australian banks are likely to peak this year, then trend downwards. read more

• Ian Rogers

CBA’s arrears data is out of date and misleading – “disconnected” in the words of CEO Matt Comyn. read more

• Banking Day staff

The Reserve Bank has appointed David Jacobs as head of domestic markets, following the resignation of Jonathan Kearns late last year. read more

• Banking Day staff

Fitch Ratings upgraded the long-term ratings of Macquarie Group to A from A- and also affirmed the long-term ratings of Macquarie Bank at A. read more

• George Lekakis

The pricing behaviours of credit ratings agencies could come under intense scrutiny from the Australian competition regulator after S&P Global announced further expansion of its local profit margi.. read more

• George Lekakis

S&P Global yesterday issued an upbeat commentary on the comparative credit outlook for Australian banks, indicating that some were more likely candidates for ratings upgrades than other financial.. read more

• Ian Rogers

Victoria and NSW see their credit ratings shot down. read more

• Bernard Kellerman

The recovery for Australia's banks will be "a drawn-out affair" as they struggle to regain pre-COVID earnings metrics, even as credit losses recede, S&P has warned. read more

• George Lekakis

Standard & Poor’s has lowered the credit ratings of the embattled AMP group of companies, including its banking arm. read more

• George Lekakis

The David Murray-led AMP board is expected to come under renewed scrutiny ahead of the interim profit result next month after S&P chopped the long term credit rating of the embattled financial ser.. read more

• Ian Rogers

The worldwide assault on bank profits will exceed US$2.1 trillion over 2020 and 2021, S&P Global Ratings concludes in a lengthy assessment of the COVID-19 pandemic and its “large and long-lasting.. read more

• John Kavanagh

At least one listed credit fund has some good news to share with its investors. S&P Global Ratings has upgraded its rating of Metrics Credit Partners' Diversified Australian Senior Loan Fund from.. read more

• Banking Day staff

At the sole remaining building society in Australia, the majority of board members are now female. read more

• George Lekakis

S&P Global Ratings yesterday warned that the economic upheaval induced by the COVID-19 health crisis has increased the downside risks for Australian property prices and banks. read more

• Ian Rogers

While "everyone's worried depositors will take money out of smaller banks, we've seen no evidence of that" G&C Mutual Bank says. read more

• George Lekakis

Banks will sacrifice revenue to rebuild their reputations, with a bad debt wave ahead. read more