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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 ...

Bonds, where the real money is

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
World equity markets hold only $57 trillion, one-third less than the $90 trillion in world bond markets, so it might be time we paid a bit more attention to where the real money is. Like how despite the frenzy for more debt as governments scrambled ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... it's well placed to deliver growth despite the global uncertainty. The major banks were higher, with National Australian Bank up 13 cents at $23.20. ANZ was up nine cents at $19.97, Westpac was 17 cents stronger at $20.17 and Commonwealth Bank gained ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
... and picking the opportunities that surprise on the upside," he said. The major banks were higher, with National Australian Bank the strongest performer, up 1.7 per cent, or 38 cents, at $22.92. ANZ was up 22 cents, or 1.1 per cent, at $19.91, Westpac ...

Development, not cash, job market motivator

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... future internal opportunities be emphasised by financial services employers to attract the right candidates. "One Australian bank is building potential career moves into job descriptions at senior analyst level and above. It's an indication that people ...

Super funds want a cost-benefit analysis on disclosure

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
Superannuation funds want a cost-benefit analysis done on the merits of disclosing their investments in response to a new push by the corporate regulator for greater transparency in the industry. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission ...

CBA's Norris to retire, Narev replaces

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) chief executive, Ralph Norris, has announced his intention to retire in November this year with group executive of business and private banking, Ian Narev, named his successor. Narev has been with CBA since May 2007, during which ...

Institutional appetite for RMBS behind lender acquisition

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
... which has a combined loan book of around $440 million. Calibre, operator of a warehouse funding line from a major Australian bank, issued its first mortgage-backed security in October 2007 with institutional investors. According to Mark Forsyth, chief ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
The Australian share market was expected to open stronger today, despite the absence of leads from offshore trading overnight. At 0702 AEST, the September share price index futures contract was up 18 points at 4,614. In economics news on Tuesday, the ...

Bank stocks rise on Greek confidence

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
Share markets rallied today as the Greek parliament passed the first of two austerity packages while violent protests continued against the deeply unpopular reforms. But economists and market commentators have warned that the austerity package and associated ...