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Australian Economy

Too big to fail banks are too big for regulation

Concerns are mounting that Australia’s big banks are disregarding risk and may not be capitalised enough to withstand a conceivable property correction. Today, the Australian Financial Review reported Sydney home prices are growing five-times faster than wages. Such rapid increases in property prices over one’s ability to service the mortgage

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Australian Economy

Australia’s banks on shaky ground: ABC, The Business

The ABC has tonight delivered its second instalment on Australia’s housing bubble, the brewing banking crisis and tomorrow night – what the regulators are doing to try to limit the catastrophic damage. You can watch tonight’s segment here – Is 1.6 trillion dollars in housing loans too hot too handle?

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Australian Economy

APRA to keep banking crackdown secret

According to the ABC, Kevin Nixon, Former Managing Director of Regulatory Affairs at the Institute of International Finance (IIF) says foreigners are puzzled about the entire Australian housing market. Now a partner (risk) with Deloitte in Sydney, Nixon is a respected voice globally on regulation and governance of the financial

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Australian Economy

Woof – The watchdogs have a bark!

Hot on the release of the Murray report, the Australian banking regulator (APRA) and the Australian investment and security regulator (ASIC) has today exposed teeth as they start growling and barking at our reckless banks. Both regulators have launched an attack on prevalent risky residential mortgage lending practices, targeting in