November 22, 2018 | Author: Rodney Maddock | Banking and Capital Markets, Opinion Pieces
Published by Australian Financial Review on Wednesday 21 November 2018 There were two big surprises in the evidence of Commonwealth Bank chief executive Matt Comyn and his chairman Catherine Livingstone before the royal commission. The first was that Comyn pushed so...
October 1, 2018 | Author: Rodney Maddock | Banking and Capital Markets, Funds Management and Superannuation, Opinion Pieces
Published by Australian Financial Review on Sunday 30 September 2018 The Interim Report of the banking royal commission is clear, firm and direct. A wide variety of financial institutions has been able to pursue its own private interests virtually unchecked....
September 25, 2018 | Author: Kevin Davis . Rodney Maddock | Funds Management and Superannuation, Opinion Pieces
Published by ANZ bluenotes on Monday 24 September 2018 Extending the Australian government’s Financial Claims Scheme protection to the deposits of superannuation fund members would effectively relieve regulation which unintentionally limits yield opportunities...
August 21, 2018 | Author: Kevin Davis . Rodney Maddock | Banking and Capital Markets, Research Reports
Download the report This report, Commissioned by ANZ, examines how various aspects of regulatory policy affect the potential returns on bank deposits for superannuation fund members, implications for retirement income balances, and effects upon the structure of the...
August 8, 2018 | Author: Rodney Maddock | Banking and Capital Markets, Opinion Pieces
Published by Australian Financial Review on Wednesday 8 August 2018 The Hayne royal commission is damaging a lot of reputations. Much of this was to be expected from an inquiry into misconduct. Somewhat less expected has been the damage to the reputation of the...
June 2, 2018 | Author: Rodney Maddock | Banking and Capital Markets, Opinion Pieces
Representatives of small business are watching nervously from the sidelines as the royal commission hears nightmare cases of failed enterprises causing people to lose their homes. But they warn it could backfire if the banks are hit with tighter lending regulations,...
May 16, 2018 | Author: David Link . Deborah Cope . John Vaz . Kevin Davis . Kym Brown . Rodney Maddock | Commissioned Papers, Funding Australia’s Future
ACFS initiated Funding Australia’s Future in 2012 to better understand the changing dynamics of the financial system and its impact on future economic growth.These four papers, released in May 2018, explore the growth of fintech, its implications on the structure of...
May 16, 2018 | Author: David Link . Rodney Maddock | Commissioned Papers, Funding Australia’s Future
This paper was produced under the Funding Australia’s Future project which aims to better understand the changing dynamics of the financial system and its impact on future economic growth. The research from Stage Four explores the growth of fintech, its implications...
May 3, 2018 | Author: Rodney Maddock | Banking and Capital Markets, Opinion Pieces
Published by Australian Financial Review on Wednesday 2 May 2018 The banking royal commission has been full of horror stories. To some extent this is not surprising. Banks undertake millions of transactions per year so it is hardly surprising that there are some...
April 19, 2018 | Author: Rodney Maddock | Banking and Capital Markets, Opinion Pieces
Published by Australian Financial Review on Wednesday 18 April 2018 The revelations in the Hayne royal commission about AMP have been particularly shocking. This is certain to become a case study for future MBAs in how to mismanage a corporate problem. Errors in the...