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Super sector turning to dedicated long-term lenders

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... commercial property borrower, what you find is that the only source of capital is the four major banks. Holm said the effect of Basel I & II combined with APRA regulations make it much more difficult for the banks to lend beyond three years in non-residential ...

Medcraft to chair IOSCO

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
... pro-active and forward looking. I want to make IOSCO the key global reference body for securities regulation, in much the way the Basel Committee is seen for banking regulation and supervision." "IOSCO must deliver on this mission given the challenges ...

Private debt gets 'time in the sun'

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
... invested fund is generating around 9%. While the major banks have traditionally dominated the commercial lending market, Basel 3 has prompted a spate of global deleveraging as banks examine liquidity ratios, which has resulted in financing needs beyond ...

Missing the forest for the daily grind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
One step forward, two steps back. Two steps forward, one step back. Buy. No, sell. Sell. Wait, wait, buy! Tough, ain't it Virginia? Tough-er if you're trying to put food on the table by making sense of the daily ups and downs and ups... and downs in ...

Australian finance sector jobs plummet

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
... banking relationship managers. Regulatory reporting is another area of demand in Singapore with banks seeking experts in Basel III and the Dodd-Frank Act. The research comes as news of lay-offs from the ANZ Wealth division surfaced late last week.

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... Wednesday, Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor (Financial Markets) Guy Debelle is to deliver a speech to the APRA Basel III Implementation Workshop 2011 and the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases construction work data for September. In ...

APRA executive appointed secretary general of Basel

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
Australian Wayne Byres has been appointed as the new secretary general of global banking standard-setting body, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. Byres has been at the helm of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) as executive ...

Smaller lenders to take brunt of Basel III reforms

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
Smaller institutions such as credit unions and building societies are likely to be hardest hit by the Basel III capital reforms, said PwC, following the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's release of a discussion paper on the subject. APRA ...

Australia ahead of pack in IT wealth spend

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
... Asia-Pacific market, a need to invest in channels such as internet services and compliance requirements of new regulations such as Basel III, are fuelling Asian growth in technology investment," said Jaroslaw Knapik, senior analyst, Ovum. The Asia-Pacific's ...

Market Wrap -Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
... Tuesday, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) assistant governor (financial markets) Guy Debelle addresses the Systemic Risk, Basel III, Financial Stability and Regulation Conference. In equities news, in Melbourne, National Australia Bank chief executive ...