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Monday, 04 May 2020
Jun/Jul 2020

Competition at risk as fintech lenders potentially slip through the cracks

COVID-19 has thrown up challenges even for the most established capital markets borrowers. The crisis is particularly acute for newer financial institutions with shorter track records and smaller asset books. Government support should help, but a protracted downturn could make survival of the fittest a best-case scenario.

Tuesday, 25 February 2025
Feb/Mar 2025

The view from a new height

The Australian securitisation industry and its international participants gathered – in record number – at the Australian Securitisation Forum’s annual conference in Sydney in early December 2024. Discussion topics took in the record year for new issuance, future capacity and alternative funding options, credit risk profiles and the economic outlook, and market function and liquidity.

Thursday, 06 October 2022
Updated

MyState launches three-year senior FRN deal

Thursday, 28 July 2022
Jun/Jul 2022

Mutual banks use status to confront challenges

Mutual banks are confronting the same challenges as the rest of Australia’s lenders: higher rates leading to borrower stress, accompanied by funding volatility. Speakers at the KangaNews Mutual Sector Wholesale Funding Seminar, which took place in Sydney in June, highlighted the sector’s advantages but acknowledged its headwinds.

Monday, 19 July 2021
Jun/Jul 2021

Mutual banks: growth, and funding for growth

Australia’s mutual banks are innovating in response to sector-wide issues. Participants at the KangaNews Mutual Sector Wholesale Funding Seminar 2021 – which took place in Sydney in May – discussed an evolving business and funding environment, and how mutual banks can deliver in their areas of competitive advantage.

Wednesday, 22 April 2020
Apr/May 2020

Mutual banks’ funding evolution

Going into the COVID-19 crisis, the Australian mutual and customer-owned banking sector already faced problems it had been grappling with for years, especially lower-for-longer rates. The industry gathered to discuss funding and capital challenges at a KangaNews event in late February.

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