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29 March 2019 • By Eliot Hastie • 1 min read

Australia’s financial sector booming despite turbulence

New research has found that despite a turbulent 2018 for the finance industry offshore investors are looking to Australia with an increase in new ...

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RC issues ‘not unique to Australia’, says former Coutts boss

A Hong Kong-based banker has applauded Australia for shedding light on issues within its financial sector and warned that the issues revealed by the ...

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Record-low bond yields likely to sink further

Australian bond yields have been predicted to slip even further before they can recover from already plunging to record lows. As of Wednesday, the ...

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RMBS delinquencies tipped to rise

The delinquency rate of prime residential mortgage-backed securities in Australia will continue rising in coming quarters, according to Moody’s latest ...

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RBA downplays ‘wealth effect’ of housing downturn

The Reserve Bank of Australia has poured cold water on fears that falling property prices will cause households to tighten their belts and spend less

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Westpac remediation costs only a temporary damper

Although Westpac Banking Corporation had said further remediation costs would see its cash earnings reduced by $260 million for the first half of the ...

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NAB ends ‘Introducer’ payments program

The National Australia Bank has announced an end to its ‘Introducer’ payments program to take effect in October 2019.  The Introducer program was ...

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Westpac to take $260m hit to first-half profits

Westpac has revealed that its cash earnings in the first half 2019 will be reduced by an estimated $260 million due to the cost of its customer ...

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KKR-backed lender pulls out of mortgages 

A local mortgage lender specialising in non-residents is being wound down and will not proceed with any loan applications lodged after 18 March

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Perpetual launches new credit income trust

Perpetual has opened its initial public offering for its Perpetual Credit Income Trust, with it saying the indicative bids have already surpassed its ...

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