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Fixed it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
... high reliance on overseas funds rather than local deposits." ""The downgrade reflects our view of the Australian banking system's structural sensitivity to conditions in wholesale funding markets", said Sydney-based Moody's senior vice president Patrick ...

Sustaining confidence in the Australian financial system: Murray

DAVID MURRAY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... quote, George Rae was referring to the impact on the UK of the 1878 City of Glasgow Bank collapse. Australia's banking system was to experience a crisis of its own in the 1890s, due in part to the bursting of a property bubble. At this time, more than ...

Bank ads confusing: research

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... Inquiry (FSI) considers changes to better position and broadly improve Australia's financial system. "We need a banking system where consumers are informed and confident and don't have to wade through the fine print to determine the best deal," said ...

Regulators must enforce rules, not write them: Brogden

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... Rodney Maddock, commissioned by the FSC, found that superannuation funds re-route large amounts of money to the banking system. "The superannuation sector had $215 billion in bank deposits at September 2013. That constitutes 14.2% of the funds in the ...

Roast Turkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
... refused to accept aid from the IMF (because of the strict conditions the government must adhere to), reformed the banking system and let the ringgit seek its own equilibrium. Once equilibrium was reached, Malaysia's economy started growing once more. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
... carry out an audit of all regional government debt, an announcement which raised concerns about the country's local banking system. WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares closed lower, led by Telecom Corp and general weakness among several other top 10 stocks. ...

Super syphons savings from banks

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... Munckton, said: "The effect would however be exactly offset if superannuation funds provided deposits into the banking system on the same terms as savers did pre-superannuation" - noting, however, that "retail deposits and superannuation deposits are ...

Oh how welcome thy voice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
... vice governor of the PBOC's Shanghai branch - announced to the world that, "Currently, the liquidity risk in the banking system is under control," and that, "We will stabilise market expectations and guide market interest rates to reasonable levels." ...

China's rebalancing act

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... already announced last week in response to soaring money market rates. "At present, the overall liquidity in China's banking system is at a reasonable level, but due to many changing factors in the financial markets and also because of the mid-year point ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... the broader All Ordinaries index was down 72.7 points, or 1.54 per cent, to 4651.1 points. A crisis in China's banking system has caused lenders to put the brakes on loans. The rates banks charge to borrow from each other has surged in the past two weeks ...