BFCSA: Banking scandals send lawyer demand to 'generational high'
Banking scandals send lawyer demand to 'generational high' Australian Financial Review May 3 2018 11:00 PM David Marin-Guzman, Misa Han Banking scandals have created a generational peak in demand for...
View ArticleBFCSA: Financial service system not broken says Murray. He would say that!!!
Financial service system not broken says Murray Australian Financial ReviewMay 6 2018 11:45 PM James Thomson, Alice Uribe Incoming AMP chairman David Murray says the vertically integrated model is...
View ArticleBFCSA: ANZ scraps product-linked bonuses for financial planners
ANZ scraps product-linked bonuses for financial planners Australian Financial Review May 6 2018 11:30 PM Alice Uribe EXCLUSIVE Financial planners employed by ANZ Banking Group will no longer get...
View ArticleBFCSA: Westpac to address asset quality, big mortgage switch
Westpac to address asset quality, big mortgage switch Australian Financial Review May 6 2018 4:36 PM Jonathan Shapiro Westpac is under pressure from investors to show that its lending margins are not...
View ArticleBFCSA: Macquarie Group readies big new hybrid raising, brokers lined up
Macquarie Group readies big new hybrid raising, brokers lined up Australian Financial Review May 6 2018 6:54 PM ‘Street Talk’ (Sarah Thompson, Anthony Macdonald, Joyce Moullakis) Macquarie Group will...
View ArticleBFCSA: 'The biggest scandal ever': fraud campaigner Denise Brailey hopes for...
'The biggest scandal ever': fraud campaigner hopes for banking justice The GuardianSat 5 May 2018 Martin Farrer In the 90s Denise Brailey, a single mother who was beginning to make her name as a...
View ArticleBFCSA: Sydney and Melbourne house prices could fall as much as 4 per cent,...
Sydney and Melbourne house prices could fall as much as 4 per cent, says SQM Australian Financial ReviewMay 7 2018 4:29 PM Su-Lin Tan The days of double digit growth in house prices for Sydney and...
View ArticleBFCSA: Westpac hit outs at Hayne inquiry's release of mortgage report
Westpac hit outs at Hayne inquiry's release of mortgage report Australian Financial Review May 7 2018 11:00 PM James Eyers Westpac has hit out at the banking royal commission's release of documents...
View ArticleBFCSA: Macquarie warns bank scandals could hit investment
Macquarie warns bank scandals could hit investment The Australian 12:00am May 5, 2018 Scott Murdoch Macquarie Group chief executive Nicholas Moore has conceded the royal commission’s shocking...
View ArticleBFCSA: Fitch downgrades outlook for Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Fitch downgrades outlook for CBA Sydney Morning Herald 7 May 2018 1:03pm Business Day, AAP Ratings agency Fitch has put Commonwealth Bank on a negative outlook for its long-term debt default risk,...
View ArticleBFCSA: Banking royal commission: BoQ, Suncorp next in line for grilling
Banking royal commission: BoQ, Suncorp next in line for grilling The Australian 12:00am May 8, 2018 Michael Roddan The Bank of Queensland and Suncorp will be forced to send executives to face...
View ArticleBFCSA: Federal budget 2018: Tax cap limit 'more politics than economics'
Federal budget 2018: Tax cap limit 'more politics than economics' Australian Financial Review May 7 2018 8:56 PM Jacob Greber, Ben Potter There is a strong case for reversing incentive-sapping...
View ArticleBFCSA: Lazy APRA 2006 - 2018 APRA staff unimpressed with senior management
While useless regulators are the current hot topic here’s an article from 2006 to add fuel to the fire APRA staff unimpressed with senior management By Lisa Murray Sydney 4 May 2006...
View ArticleBFCSA: Commonwealth Bank and ASIC to settle interest rate-rigging case
Commonwealth Bank and ASIC to settle interest rate-rigging case ABC News9 May 2018 Stephen Letts and David Chau Commonwealth Bank has agreed to pay $25 million to settle an interest rate rigging case...
View ArticleBFCSA: Report reveals terrible scale of Australia’s housing crisis
Report reveals terrible scale of Australia’s housing crisis Red Flag08 May 2018 Chris Anderton Fewer than 6 percent of all rental listings in the country are affordable for those living on income...
View ArticleBFCSA: Young, pregnant and homeless: Hobart’s rental market at breaking point
Young, pregnant and homeless: Hobart’s rental market at breaking point Hack (ABC) 30 April 2018 5:54pm Shalailah Medhora Rachel and her partner, Harley, are expecting a baby in October. But they’ve...
View ArticleBFCSA: Commonwealth Bank says home loan arrears are ticking higher
Commonwealth Bank says home loan arrears are ticking higher Australian Financial Review May 9 2018 12:21 PM James Eyers Commonwealth Bank's shares are trading down heavily on Wednesday after it...
View ArticleBFCSA: Interest-only rates slashed as APRA ends investor loan growth cap
Interest-only rates slashed as APRA ends investor loan growth cap Australian Financial Review May 9 2018 10:21 AM Duncan Hughes Rates on interest-only investment loans are being slashed by up to 30...
View ArticleBFCSA: Federal budget 2018: ASIC's shock $26m budget cut. ASIC DOES NOTHING!
Federal budget 2018: ASIC's shock $26m budget cut Australian Financial ReviewMay 9 2018 11:00 PM Patrick Durkin EXCLUSIVE The corporate regulator's permanent funding will be cut from $346 million to...
View ArticleBFCSA: Banking royal commission: Pressure to break up banks as Treasury, ASIC...
Banking royal commission: Pressure to break up banks as Treasury, ASIC lash model The Australian 12:00am May 11, 2018 Michael Roddan The corporate watchdog and Treasury have laid out stinging...
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