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Topic: the big four

Accounting firm donations show how independent Australia really is

Comments, corrections, clarifications and cock-ups

Feb 05, 2019

The Big Four banks need to lift capital levels. And other business tidbits of the day.

Business bites: big four need to lift … Kelly’s exit swift … Macca’s global shift …

Business

May 05, 2015

The recent announcement by the federal governments that it will allow Australian banks to issue covered bonds was greeted with much joy by the banking industry.

Covered bonds joy for banks: increased risk for taxpayers

Companies

Mar 28, 2011

1

This month big banks have more money to lend than they ever dreamed of, which is a hidden force behind the banking price war, writes <b>Robert Gottliebsen</b>, of Business Spectator.

Gottliebsen: how Swan gave our banks a hot flush

Companies

Mar 01, 2011

Has the glow gone from the halo of the sainted Gail Kelly of Westpac, who according to some claims, is one of the most powerful women in the world?

Westpac stumbles, Kelly’s halo dims

Companies

Feb 15, 2011

1

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.

Bartholomeusz: Swan’s curious credit obsession

Economy

Dec 16, 2010

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&E Capital Limited

Bank reforms best described as minor but deliverable promises

Companies

Dec 14, 2010

2

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.

Swan’s mousey bank plan the nastiest extension of taxpayer support

Companies

Dec 14, 2010

4

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.

Bartholomeusz: the risks in Swan’s reforms

Companies

Dec 13, 2010

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.

Banks’ job a simple one … but they do it poorly

Companies

Dec 07, 2010

1

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.

Hill’s heresy a good role model for Australian banks

Companies

Nov 29, 2010

2

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>.

Gottliebsen: bankers must leave their bunkers

Companies

Nov 10, 2010

3

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