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Threats outside the Australian financial system build: RBA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2024
... financial stability posed by the non-bank financial intermediaries sector are relatively contained. "The Australian banking system could manage an unexpectedly large deterioration in economic conditions as overall capital levels are high and lending ...

Half of super funds to close in coming decade: Mercer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024
... unique offering." "The Australian superannuation system is moving toward a market state similar to the Australian banking system. The banking sector has a few large participants and a handful of smaller, competitively differentiated banks and other financial ...

ANZ gets green light for Suncorp merger

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024
ANZ has had a significant legal win on appeal, with its proposed $4.9 billion acquisition of Suncorp's banking arm given the go-ahead. The decision to authorise the takeover was handed down this morning by the Australian Competition Tribunal (ACT) ...

Global insurers eye private markets, clean energy: BlackRock

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2023
... risk as their primary macroeconomic concern. Over half of insurers (55%) foresee potential vulnerabilities in the banking system, a number that spikes to 77% for North American respondents. Meanwhile, in the APAC region, 55% of respondents expressed ...

Federal Reserve plans upping capital requirements

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023
... when a sudden bank run and contagion caused three large banks to fail and we experienced significant stress in the banking system, stemmed only by invocation of the systemic risk exception and creation of an emergency lending facility," he said. Barr ...

Cbus delivers strong returns, grapples property headwinds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2023
... an environment of high inflation, rising interest rates, the Russia-Ukraine War, and issues in the US regional banking system," he said. Chatfield emphasised that Cbus would maintain its strategic commitment to property, underscoring its important role ...

US recession possible, but recovery would be strong: Capital Group

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023
... economists have been talking about for some time," Lind said. While there are certainly problems in parts of the US banking system and perhaps outside the banking system, Lind said he takes comfort from the fact that "policymakers are very aware of the ...

UBS completes landmark Credit Suisse acquisition

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023
... manifested in considerable outflows of client funds. The banks predicament was worsened by recent disruptions in the US banking system in March 2023. "It was necessary for the authorities to take action in order to prevent serious damage to the Swiss ...

Treasury mandates APRA consider climate risks in duties

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2023
... for addressing systemic risk across Australia's financial sector and is no doubt well placed to ensure our banking system is prepared to meet the challenges, and seize the opportunities, associated with climate change." Liddell noted that over the ...

Lowe reinforces more hikes may come

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2023
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) hit pause on interest rate hikes this week, but RBA governor Phillip Lowe has told the National Press Club that doesn't mean they're off the table altogether. In an address, Lowe said the decision to hold ...
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