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		<title>Bartholomeusz: is this the end of &#8216;too big to fail&#8217;?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/22/bartholomeusz-is-this-the-end-of-too-big-to-fail/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/22/bartholomeusz-is-this-the-end-of-too-big-to-fail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 02:08:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Bartholomeusz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[australian banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian prudential regulation authority]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ralph Norris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[too big to fail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[us banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Federal Reserve]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=266636</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Around the world, bank executives are squealing at the proposed toughening of their capital and liquidity requirements and, around the world, regulators are ignoring them and pressing ahead.]]></description>
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		<title>Gottliebsen: a perfect storm for Aussie banks</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/13/gottliebsen-a-perfect-storm-for-aussie-banks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/13/gottliebsen-a-perfect-storm-for-aussie-banks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:53:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[european banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[us banks]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=264857</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Suddenly, the year 2012, which promised so much, is starting to look as though it will be ugly for the banking business, writes <b>Robert Gottliebsen</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Gottliebsen: downgrade a wake-up call for our banks</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/05/gottliebsen-downgrade-a-wake-up-call-for-our-banks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/05/gottliebsen-downgrade-a-wake-up-call-for-our-banks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 01:51:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big four banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=263326</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Standard &#38; Poor’s ratings downgrade is delivering to Australian banks a much needed wake-up call which bank CEOs will ignore at their peril, writes <b>Robert Gottliebsen</b> of <a href="http://www.businessspectator.com.au" target="_blank"><em>Business Spectator</em></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Maley: spotting the big four&#8217;s euro bonus</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/30/maley-spotting-the-big-fours-euro-bonus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/30/maley-spotting-the-big-fours-euro-bonus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Maley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big four banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=262390</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australian companies are already feeling the sting of the European debt crisis, as banks move to push up interest rates they charge to reflect growing turmoil in global financial markets.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bartholomeusz: NAB keeps five to stay alive</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/03/bartholomeusz-nab-keeps-five-to-stay-alive/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/03/bartholomeusz-nab-keeps-five-to-stay-alive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 02:05:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Bartholomeusz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big four banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates down]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=256787</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wayne Swan’s attack on National Australia Bank, labelling it "greedy" for "only" passing onto home loan borrowers 20 basis points of the Reserve Bank’s 25 basis point reduction in official interest rates, is churlish and betrays a poor memory.]]></description>
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		<title>Bartholomeusz: banks battening down for funding freeze</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/25/bartholomeusz-banks-battening-down-for-funding-freeze/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/25/bartholomeusz-banks-battening-down-for-funding-freeze/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 02:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Bartholomeusz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[APRA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big four banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[european banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[john laker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank of australia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=254771</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to Australian Prudential Regulation Authority chairman John Laker, bank funding markets are already demonstrating some crisis-like features.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/25/bartholomeusz-banks-battening-down-for-funding-freeze/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Australia now needs to fill a $130 billion dollar hole</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/17/australia-now-needs-to-fill-a-130-billion-dollar-hole/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/17/australia-now-needs-to-fill-a-130-billion-dollar-hole/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 02:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[APRA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial deposit guarantee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GDP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=193750</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Around 40 of Australia's biggest financial deposit taking groups will get lender of last resort facilities from the Reserve Bank, just as banks did years ago, and just as they did in the December quarter of 2008 when the GFC was shutting down world and local markets.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/17/australia-now-needs-to-fill-a-130-billion-dollar-hole/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bartholomeusz: Swan&#8217;s curious credit obsession</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/16/bartholomeusz-swans-curious-credit-obsession/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/16/bartholomeusz-swans-curious-credit-obsession/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 02:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Bartholomeusz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ken Henry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the big four]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasurer Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=193290</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It's peculiar that the nation’s treasurer is obsessed with trying to organise more and cheaper credit even as his central banks tries to do the opposite.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/16/bartholomeusz-swans-curious-credit-obsession/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bank reforms best described as  minor but deliverable promises</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/14/bank-reforms-best-described-as-minor-but-deliverable-promises/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/14/bank-reforms-best-described-as-minor-but-deliverable-promises/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 02:37:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit unions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the big four]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan banking reform]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=192805</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The abolition of mortgage exit fees from mid-2011 will hurt smaller lenders far more than it will the larger ones, writes <b>Tom Elliott</b>, managing director of MM&#038;E Capital Limited]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Swan&#8217;s mousey bank plan the nastiest extension of taxpayer support</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/14/swans-mousey-bank-plan-the-nastiest-extension-of-taxpayer-support/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/14/swans-mousey-bank-plan-the-nastiest-extension-of-taxpayer-support/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 02:35:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glenn Stevens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate decision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the big four]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=192775</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The whole argument over banks is a charade confected in Canberra by Joe Hockey, Tony Abbott and the gutless Gillard government, along with the cynical, scheming Greens.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bartholomeusz: the risks in Swan&#8217;s reforms</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/13/bartholomeusz-the-risks-in-swans-reforms/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/13/bartholomeusz-the-risks-in-swans-reforms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 02:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Bartholomeusz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit unions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glenn Stevens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the big four]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan banking reform]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=192600</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Glenn Stevens has helped the cause of those who think Wayne Swan’s banking "reforms" are a response to a problem that has yet to be demonstrated.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bartholomeusz: CBA&#8217;s competition confession</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/09/bartholomeusz-cbas-competition-confession/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/09/bartholomeusz-cbas-competition-confession/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 02:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Bartholomeusz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[john kinghorn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rams home loans]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=191910</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If they haven’t already, the members of the Senate committee should ask RAMS Home Loans founder John Kinghorn to appear before it to explain why RAMS, followed subsequently by most of the non-bank lenders, hit a brick wall and effectively collapsed at the very onset of the financial crisis.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/09/bartholomeusz-cbas-competition-confession/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Banks&#8217; job a simple one &#8230; but they do it poorly</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/07/banks-job-a-simple-one-but-they-do-it-poorly/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/07/banks-job-a-simple-one-but-they-do-it-poorly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 02:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Macquarie Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the big four]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=191167</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many commentators erroneously point to the so-called heroic role played by Australian banks in steering Australia through the GFC, when it was the Australian taxpayer that saved the banks.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/07/banks-job-a-simple-one-but-they-do-it-poorly/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hill&#8217;s heresy a good role model for Australian banks</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/29/hills-heresy-a-good-role-model-for-australian-banks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/29/hills-heresy-a-good-role-model-for-australian-banks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 02:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the big four]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vernon hill]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=189186</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Vernon Hill’s business model was almost diametrically opposite to the risky practices of Australian banks, which almost go out of their way to alienate depositors. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/29/hills-heresy-a-good-role-model-for-australian-banks/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Boredom Baillieu&#8217;s only hope</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/25/boredom-baillieus-only-hope/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/25/boredom-baillieus-only-hope/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2010 02:11:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010 Victorian Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Broadband Network]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=188377</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The only thing Ted Baillieu can hope for is that feelings of boredom cause voters to do something strange on Saturday.]]></description>
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		<title>Gottliebsen: bankers must leave their bunkers</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/10/gottliebsen-bankers-must-leave-their-bunkers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/10/gottliebsen-bankers-must-leave-their-bunkers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 02:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[australian banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cameron Clyne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gail Kelly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ralph Norris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the big four]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=184571</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The boards of the four major Australian banks have appointed chief executives with a communication skills gap, writes <b>Robert Gottliebsen</b> from <em> Business Spectator</em>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Aussie banks let off the global capital, liquidity rules hook</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/10/aussie-banks-let-off-the-global-capital-liquidity-rules-hook/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/10/aussie-banks-let-off-the-global-capital-liquidity-rules-hook/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 02:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big four]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=184612</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australian banks look like they will escape the full weight of the new, stringent global capital and liquidity rules.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/10/aussie-banks-let-off-the-global-capital-liquidity-rules-hook/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>For Gillard, banks a perfect opportunity to get on with it</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/08/mungo-for-gillard-banks-a-perfect-opportunity-to-get-on-with-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/08/mungo-for-gillard-banks-a-perfect-opportunity-to-get-on-with-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 02:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mungo MacCallum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mungo MacCallum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greg Combet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Xenophon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=183954</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Julia Gillard is there to govern and must be seen to be doing so. To be -- how should one put it? -- moving forward. Banks may be providing her a perfect opportunity to do so. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/08/mungo-for-gillard-banks-a-perfect-opportunity-to-get-on-with-it/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Banks&#8217; signals make things clear</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/03/banks-signals-make-things-clear/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/03/banks-signals-make-things-clear/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 01:53:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Katter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=182814</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You have got to love the ingenuity of politicians and public officials when they fell under pressure to be seen by the public to be doing something about a problem.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Govt will help small business &#8230; but no Canadian-style bank</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/04/govt-will-help-small-business-but-no-canadian-style-bank/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/04/govt-will-help-small-business-but-no-canadian-style-bank/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 03:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Sherry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small business]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=176053</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Does Australia need a small business bank? Canada has one, Britain financiers are planning one, but the Australian government has rejected the need. <b>Oliver Milman</b> from <a href="http://www.startupsmart.com.au/" target="_blank"><em>Startup Smart</em></a> reports.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/04/govt-will-help-small-business-but-no-canadian-style-bank/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Housing bubble and banks &#8230; time for disclosure and context</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/15/housing-bubble-and-banks-time-for-disclosure-and-context/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/15/housing-bubble-and-banks-time-for-disclosure-and-context/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 03:36:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hedge funds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing bubble]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=171889</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There's nothing wrong with exploring the issue of high home prices and their impact on our banks and the economy, just that the claims have to be given full context.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/15/housing-bubble-and-banks-time-for-disclosure-and-context/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>When it comes to debt collecting, banks not always the villain</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/14/when-it-comes-to-debt-collecting-banks-not-always-the-villain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/14/when-it-comes-to-debt-collecting-banks-not-always-the-villain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 03:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bad debt provisions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumer debts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=171538</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Debt, like capital or labour, is a scarce resource -- it is the role of banks to ensure that debt is allocated efficiently. But baks are not always the greedy, fat-cat evil characters they are made out to be.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/14/when-it-comes-to-debt-collecting-banks-not-always-the-villain/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>We don&#8217;t need stronger banks, we need stronger regulation</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/17/we-dont-need-stronger-banks-we-need-stronger-regulation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/17/we-dont-need-stronger-banks-we-need-stronger-regulation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 03:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election 2010]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=164798</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We don’t need stronger banks, we need stronger regulation. And if that doesn’t work we should have a super profits tax on the banks, writes <b>Dr Richard Denniss</b>. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/17/we-dont-need-stronger-banks-we-need-stronger-regulation/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>24</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bartholomeusz: robbing the banks helps nobody</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/12/bartholomeusz-robbing-the-banks-helps-nobody/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/12/bartholomeusz-robbing-the-banks-helps-nobody/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 03:28:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commonwealth Bank]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=163817</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One only has to look at Europe or the US to be reminded that far worse than a banking system that is too profitable is one that is unprofitable, writes <b>Stephen Bartholomeusz</b> of Business Spectator.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/12/bartholomeusz-robbing-the-banks-helps-nobody/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>A stress-test too far for Europe</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/13/a-stress-test-too-far-for-europe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/13/a-stress-test-too-far-for-europe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 03:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[european banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sovereign debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[us banks]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=152613</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Depending on balance sheet growth, the four big Australian banks will have to raise roughly $150 billion over the next 2-3 years -- in competition with the rest of the international sector and governments, writes <b>Stephen Bartholomeusz</b>.
]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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