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At this time of year many investors look back on the returns achieved in various asset classes in the previous year and reconsider their asset allocations. In 2018, Australian government …
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APRA’s discussion paper dated 8 November 2018 has laid out the strong reasoning for requiring domestically systemically important banks (D-SIBs) to hold additional subordinated capital. In short, taxpayers should never …
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Ten years on from the Global Financial Crisis and the threat of another financial crisis in the medium term is now a solid possibility. There are signs of weakening economic …
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This time of year I usually take a break from writing articles and instead send through my best articles from the past year. This year I’ve dug back in the …
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The Australian Business Securitisation Fund The announcement of the Australian Business Securitisation Fund (ABSF) this month has been derided as a political stunt by a few observers. However, if managed …
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The recent debate over austerity has been profoundly one sided. Articles by Paul Krugman, Robert Skidelsky and Ryan Cooper have taken on a victory lap tone for the anti-austerity camp, …
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