Credit Policy Changes That Matter More Than Headline Rates
14 September 2026
James Frost & John Kehoe | The Australian Financial Review | 20 May 2019 https://www.afr.com/business/banking-and-finance/hallelujah-brokers-rejoice-over-coalition-win-20190520-p51p78 Mortgage brokers are celebrating the re-election of the Coalition and the salvation of valuable trailing commissions that were poised to be banned under a Labor government. Yellow Brick Road executive chairman Mark Bouris, who made pre-election robocalls to voters warning […]
[...]Karen Maley | The Australian Financial Review | 10 May 2019 https://www.afr.com/business/banking-and-finance/phil-lowe-s-finger-hovering-above-rate-cut-button-20190510-p51m0d Australia is set to see interest rates hit fresh historic lows in coming months, unless strong jobs market and rising commodity prices come to the aid of dwindling growth and inflation. Reserve Bank governor Phil Lowe has his finger poised over the interest […]
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James Eyers & Misa Han | The Australian Financial Review | 10 May 2019 https://www.afr.com/business/banking-and-finance/inside-the-westpac-case-that-could-alter-banking-20190510-p51lz4 It’s a case that will define one of the most fundamental jobs of a bank – working out whether to lend to a customer. On one side is the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. The regulator has taken Westpac Banking […]
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James Frost & James Eyers | The Australian Financial Review | 1 May 2019 https://www.afr.com/business/banking-and-finance/anz-says-7-25pc-buffer-has-to-go-20190501-p51j0g ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott urged the prudential regulator to scale back the buffer requiring new borrowers have the capacity to pay a 7.25 per cent interest rate, warning it was forcing the bank to turn away one in five […]
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Annie Kane | The Adviser | 7 May 2019 https://www.theadviser.com.au/breaking-news/39077-three-quarters-of-smes-believe-bank-appetite-has-decreased Seventy-four per cent of small business owners believe that bank appetite for SME lending has decreased this financial year, while 30 per cent believe that access to capital is the biggest impediment to growth this year. According to a recent survey conducted by specialist business […]
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David Scutt | Business Insider Australia | 10 May 2019 https://www.businessinsider.com.au/australia-house-prices-best-worst-performing-capital-city-2019-5 Australia’s median home price slumped 7.2% in the year to April. An even larger 8.4% decline was recorded in the capital cities in average weighted terms. The price falls in some regional capital city markets were substantially larger than the national average. In others, […]
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