Anna Bligh news

• Royal commission could prompt credit constraint: ABA CEO by Abel Riototar | 05 Apr 2018

  In a speech this week, the senior executive warned government not to add complexity to the loan assessment process

• News Analysis: One more backflip by Sam Richardson | 13 Mar 2018

  Why the banking royal commission will find little time for brokers

• MPA's Hotlist 2017 - Part 2 by MPA | 19 Jan 2018

  MPA's Hotlist profiles the 30 brokers, bankers, regulators and others who've had the biggest influence on the industry in 2017

• Aren't mortgage applications tough enough? by Sam Richardson | 08 Dec 2017

  Banks are scrambling to make mortgage applications tougher, leaving brokers to pick up the pieces, writes MPA editor Sam Richardson

• Banks: royal commission could raise interest rates by Sam Richardson | 01 Dec 2017

  Australian Bankers Association CEO makes claim as broad terms of reference means brokers and lending could be examined

• How the bank levy could end up hitting brokers by Sam Richardson | 19 Jun 2017

  As Australia’s government indulges in another round of bank bashing, brokers could get caught in the crossfire, writes MPA editor Sam Richardson

• Westpac facing $260m hit from Budget by MPA | 23 May 2017

  Major reveals damage as speculation over rate hikes and bank criticism of government intensifies

• Banks vow to end percentage-based commission by Sam Richardson | 03 May 2017

  All four majors to implement recommendations of the Sedgwick Review, including extensive changes to broker remuneration

• Morning Briefing: Turnbull rebuffs calls to drop banks from company tax cut policy by MPA | 20 Feb 2017

  The Australian Prime Minister has rejected calls from some lawmakers to exclude the nation’s four big banks from a planned company tax cut.