bank capital

There are lessons to be learned going forward, according to a new report from the Bank of International Settlements

The announcement on Friday that APRA is winding down the ability of banks to rely on the RBA’s Committed Liquidity Facility (CLF) to meet their Liquidity Coverage...

In early August, we made the decision to move tactically underweight equities. Adopting a more cautious stance is perhaps not surprising given this is...

After all of the misconduct exposed at the Banking Royal Commission it is somewhat fashionable to bash the regulators for their shortcomings. That’s fair enough as...

Key Points - Banks have dramatically improved their capital positions in two main ways – firstly by lending more prudently, and secondly by increasing issuance of...

In late 2018 the RBNZ proposed implementing some of the most conservative capital requirements globally for the NZ banking system. Ironically these proposed changes...

The article below is Narrow Road Capital's submission to the current APRA consultation process on bank capital levels. APRA has rightly recommended that the major...