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APRA sets new capital target for the big four

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
... supervision by APRA," Byres said. APRA's finalised target follows the regulator expressing concerns regarding the banks' risky lending practices in March, noting that lending on interest-only terms represented about 40% of the stock of residential mortgage ...

Macquarie leads alternatives pack

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
... said: "As capital supply and competition have increased in some segments of the illiquid credit universe, such as direct lending for example, yields are not always offering sufficient compensation for illiquidity and risk." At the same time some investors ...

Xero seeks global growth, director steps down

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2017
... working with financial and fintech organisations around the world to securely open up data flows which can help de-risk lending and enable small businesses to access much-needed capital so that they can prosper." Xero is also emerging as one of the largest ...

Banks come out on top for climate change disclosure

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... banks who lend to the energy and materials sectors need to pay increasing attention to the emissions profile of their lending book," Davidson said. However other Australian business sectors do not appear to be doing as well. Less than half of Australia's ...

Fintechs pose disintermediation threat: CFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... The latest CFA Institute report shows fintechs specialising in blockchain, robo-advice, mobile payments and peer-to-peer lending have the highest potential to disintermediate the financial services industry. CFA Society Sydney president Anthony Serhan ...

Not so happy EOFY for the All Ords

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017
... too (except for home purchases) with the RBA's private sector credit report showing that the annual growth in personal lending contracted for the 19th straight month - down 1.4% in the year to May. These have lately been compounded by interpretations ...

Australian property love affair cannot please everyone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... 3.11% in the previous month - the fifth straight month of easing since growth of 5.5% in December last year. Personal lending continued to contract, down 1.4% in April - the 19th straight month of decline. Despite APRA's tighter rules on property lending ...

Zagga pitches alternative asset class

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... with the investment process, understand what they're doing, and see they can balance risk with reward - then marketplace lending becomes a viable, credible, and attractive solution." Greenstein added that marketplace lending assists investors to diversity ...

Wealth and investment leads Aussie fintech

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
... Releasing its first member ecosystem map, FinTech Australia showed wealth and investment sits alongside consumer and business lending as the two largest fintech sub-sectors. The map, which visually represents the industry body's 119 service providers ...

Super funds fight for financial inclusion

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017
... financial exclusion places people and families at risk of financial hardships including poverty, vulnerability to predatory lending practices and poor social, emotional and health outcomes." Independent economist Saul Eslake estimates that in ten years ...