The stars appear to be in alignment for a beneficial structural reform of the Australian financial system to kill two birds with one stone. On the one hand, almost everyone seems to support initiatives to develop a local corporate bond market to broaden corporate funding sources. On the other, almost everyone believes that [...]
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In this Australian Centre for Financial Studies Financial Regulation Discussion Paper, Professor Kevin Davis looks at Australian bank capital and bank profitability. The evidence regarding whether banks are making excessive profits is mixed, although high market to book ratios for the major banks (stock market value of equity relative to its accounting book [...] Posted on February 2nd, 2012
Suggestions from the IMF for Australian banks to increase their capital have elicited the usual negative response from that sector. Unnecessary, unfair, undesirable (for economic growth) are the sorts of reactions one gets used to hearing. But really, what does the social cost/benefit ratio look like? Source: Australian Centre for Financial Studies Posted on January 24th, 2012
Despite their consistently good profitability and cost/income ratios which KPMG’s annual performance survey indicates are relatively favourable compared to their international peers, the announcements of staff reductions by the major Australian banks should probably not come as a surprise. Source: Australian Centre for Financial Studies Posted on October 12th, 2011
The Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index compares retirement income systems around the world and rates them based on their adequacy, sustainability and integrity. The Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index objectively assesses the retirement income systems in 16 countries spread across the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific. The countries included in this study are shown on the [...] 3 pages
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