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Australia appears to have escaped the worst of the global financial crisis, but at Risk Australia 2009, held in Sydney last month, bankers, academics and the Australia Treasury stressed there can be no...
The market in Australia has received some shelter from the past year's financial crisis because fewer Lehman Brothers-backed products were distributed there than was the case elsewhere in the Asia-Pacific...
Operational risk practitioners are caught in a "conflict zone" between the expectations of their businesses and those of regulators, says Chris van Aanholt, group head of op risk at Westpac, in an interview...
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Rays of hope
The turbulent conditions that have characterised the past two years have taken their toll on the Australian structured products market. But lessons regarding diversification and capital protection could offer a chink of light to investors. Wietske Blees...
To Copenhagen via Australia
The start of Australia's much talked-about carbon trading scheme has been put back a year to 2011. Andrew Petersen and Eros Artuso at PricewaterhouseCoopers discuss the details of the proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
Local banks grab OTC share in Australian market-place
Australian financial institutions are picking up a bigger share of the over the counter derivatives market, as international counterparties have suffered from increased credit concerns. A survey conducted by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority,...
ASIC lifts ban on shorting financials
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (Asic) lifted its restrictions on covered short selling of financial securities on May 25, after an eight-month ban on the practice that stemmed from concerns over political systemic risk. "The balance...
Return of the linker
The Australian fixed income market is abuzz amid expectation the federal government will restart its inflation-linked bond issuance programme after mothballing it five years ago. Georgina Lee looks at how such a move would shake up the country's inflation...
Firm guidance
As general manager of credit and op risk at the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (Apra), Harvey Crapp has seen the successful AMA accreditation of the country's largest banks. He attributes Apra's success to its work with firms as an adviser,...
A clear example
We are used to Aussies excelling in the sports world, but Australian banks also seem to be ahead of the game when addressing operational risk. David Benyon looks at what could be learned from Australia's open and honest approach
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