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Macquarie announces $678m profit, appoints director

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... Overall, Macquarie's assets under management did not change from the previous half year, at $425 billion. It reported APRA Basel III Group capital of $13.7 billion. Macquarie Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Nicholas Moore said: "The ...

ECB QE go riding on Fed QE stop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
It's a wrap! QE is. Looking at Wall Street's performance overnight - the Dow and the S&P 500 up more than 1.0%, the Nasdaq up nearly 2.0% (rounded) and the Russell 2000 up nearly 3.0% (rounded) - the men and women at the Fed must be patting each other's ...

LGS rejects coal, tar sands

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
Local Government Super (LGS) has announced it will be screening out companies that derive the majority of their revenue from coal or tar sands. In the most comprehensive fossil fuel screening policy adopted by a major super fund, LGS has included all ...

Expect more regulation on 'too-big-to-fail': Hockey

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... governors announced that "work is underway on a plan that will increase consistency in banks' application of the strengthened Basel III rules on capital." The Financial System Inquiry (FSI) is also seeking consultation on this issue and suggested in ...

FEATURE: The new financiers of infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
The complex business of financing infrastructure has traditionally been the preserve of banks. But Basel III has changed that. In the newly-restrictive lending environment, banks are approaching things differently, while non-bank investors are finding ...

Sustaining confidence in the Australian financial system: Murray

DAVID MURRAY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... internationally and that we run the risk of stifling growth. The interim report questions some of these claims. In particular, Basel Committee data on actual bank capital ratios suggest that Australia's banks are in the middle of the pack, not out in ...

When Maslow's Theory and Marketing Collide

Marketing and innovation produce results; all the rest are costs." - Peter Drucker, father of modern management and marketing If marketing is so important to a business, why is it often the first thing cut when times are tough? Why chop one of two things ...

APRA gets Basel III tick

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has graded Australia's capital regulation framework as 'Compliant' with the Basel III standards. Australia's is the eighth regulatory framework to be graded by the Basel Committee. Others include the United ...

High risk investors lose appetite for risk

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... so the chance of capital loss is non-existent." However he warned: "Banks' love affair with cash may soon be over, as the Basel III framework moves into operation next January. As part of this, banks will likely start offering interest rates for tier-one ...

Hedge fund maestro Hintze voices concern over regulation

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
... investment industry has had to adapt to sweeping policy interventions in the wake of the GFC such as Dodd Frank in the US and Basel III globally. "Normally we say 'don't waste a good crisis' but every regulator around the world is beating their chest," ...