May 2024
CEOs to Labor: inflation still needs to be tamed
Measures to lift housing supply are being partly applauded, but a heavier push on curbing inflation seems to be missing in a two-speed economy.
March 2024
Has the pendulum swung too far, asks McEwan
Outgoing NAB CEO Ross McEwan asks if the pendulum has swung too far on banking regulation, leaving vulnerable Australians to payday lenders.
October 2023
Ex-ANZ employee among suspects in huge money-laundering ring
The Australian Financial Review can reveal a former ANZ employee is among seven ringleaders accused of running Australia’s biggest money-laundering operation.
August 2023
The best bank profits are ‘behind us’
Some of the sharemarket’s most powerful analysts have slapped “sell” ratings on CBA’s shares despite the bank’s record-breaking profit this earnings season.
July 2023
CBA swings the axe on staff; job cuts across the board
Commonwealth Bank is following in the footsteps of its peers, setting the wheels in motion for a big round of staff cuts.
June 2023
ANZ ‘super confident’ about NZ big bank profits inquiry
An inquiry will examine the operations of ANZ, NAB, CBA and Westpac, after their New Zealand earnings jumped by 17 per cent last year.
May 2023
NAB opens books for three-year, five-year bond deals
National Australia Bank opened a book build for a three-year and five-year senior unsecured benchmark bond deal on Thursday morning, wasting no time after its results.
February 2023
Big banks, Wunala Capital pile into $30m payments fintech raise
NAB is doubling down on its investment in Sydney-based DataMesh, while Deutsche Bank, 1835i, Wunala Capital and Fifth Estate join its register.
June 2022
Bring back CAMAC for independent advice on company law
The Hayne royal commission budget of $65 million could fund the budget of a revived Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee for 65 years.
NAB ready to get $1.5b from RMBS deal
National Australian Bank looks ready to bring in $1.5 billion from its residential mortgage backed securities deal it launched on Monday.
May 2022
Schoolboy attacks ‘evil’ banks in protest at AFR Summit
Climate fury has boiled over at The Australian Financial Review Banking Summit with protesters inside and outside the event taking aim at the big banks.
NAB ahead of the pack after big four report
Interest rates will continue to be a delicate tightrope that the banks walk between maximising profitability and keeping their customers happy and solvent.
April 2022
Aged care sector supports many different models
We’re at a moment of truth for aged care and retirement living.
Sponsored
by NAB
Regional Australia loses patience with supply chain issues
Staff shortages, supply-chain disruptions, and population growth are putting acute pressure on medical facilities across regional and remote Australia.
Sponsored
by NAB
Digital payments a complex operation
Digital disruption is coming to health as it has come to every other area of the economy – but perhaps more slowly than in most.
Sponsored
by NAB
COVID-prompted new healthcare models support better patient outcomes
Emerging approaches to health care provide the infrastructure so different health providers and specialists can more easily come together to support patient outcomes.
Sponsored
by NAB
Dentists pull out stops to help during crisis
The nation’s allied health practitioners really stepped up during the pandemic.
Sponsored
by NAB
NAB spruiks bankers and products in new campaign
NAB has launched a glossy Marvel-inspired marketing push highlighting how the bank helps its customers across three typical money-related scenarios.
March 2022
NAB sets up shop in Paris’ swanky centre
National Australia Bank staff are moving in to their new European branch. The local boss says its infrastructure work will soon outstrip London’s.
February 2022
NAB boss warns on rate rises ‘shocking the market’
NAB cash earnings were up 9.1pc on the first quarter as Ross McEwan says monetary policy needs to managed carefully to avoid housing shocks.