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November 2020
What to do (and not to do) if your business is hacked
Working out the motivation of a cyber-criminal is one of the first things a company needs to do if their systems have been breached.
- Yolanda Redrup
Lessen national security focus on cyber attacks, expert says
Treating cyber security purely as a matter of national security ignores the economic gains that come from beefing up defences.
- Andrew Tillett
Why truthful data is making a comeback
A new layer of infrastructure needs to be added to internet services, not to provide ever more data, but to provide data about the data that's already there.
- John Davidson
Watch: Is your business ready for the next generation of cyber threats?
"Remote everything" is a cyber attacker's playground - but fortunately, new tools are emerging to protect businesses.
- Alana Piper
Australia risks being 'run over' by green energy shift
The federal government should speed up a shift to clean energy with stronger policies unless it wants to be left behind, industry experts warn.
- Finbar O'Mallon
CBA pledges to recycle bank levy into jobs
CEO Matt Comyn has promised to reinvest any savings from a repealed bank levy back into the economy as part of a broader agenda of tax reform.
- James Frost
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Super trustees told: 'don't hug the index'
After sowing confusion among fund managers and superannuation trustees with the release of new super fund performance benchmarks, the federal government is, in effect, urging trustees to adopt more risky investment strategies.
- Tony Boyd
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Boost recovery by unburdening the big banks
A regulatory reset will help transform Australia's banking shock absorber into a springboard to restore jobs, growth and prosperity.
- The AFR View
'Look for alpha': Hume fires warning shot at index-hugging super funds
The Morrison government has rejected industry fears that its performance ranking regime will prompt funds to abandon lucrative infrastructure and property investments.
- Aleks Vickovich and Ronald Mizen
Afterpay looks to new paths to profit
Afterpay co-founder Anthony Eisen says Afterpay can build on the trust it has established with its enormous user base.
- Jonathan Shapiro
Governance failings and trust issues divide ASIC
Acting chairwoman of ASIC, Karen Chester, has revealed a deep divide within the regulator over corporate governance and said key information was kept from the senior leadership.
- Ronald Mizen
Australia deserves credit for acting fast: McEwan
Australia is on the road to recovery, with governments and major institutions acting very quickly to help economic growth, says NAB chief executive Ross McEwan.
Economy rebound buoys banks
Economic indicators are pointing to a rapid recovery with banks, regulators and Treasury working towards getting the nation back on track.
- James Frost, James Eyers, Jonathan Shapiro and Aleks Vickovich
Housing demand is strong: Matt Comyn
The CBA chief executive says there are strong reasons to be optimistic about Australia's recovery in the post-pandemic environment set by the budget.
- James Eyers
'There is a lot of demand': Bank bosses back housing market
Australia's top bankers have declared record low interest rates will save the housing market from a population-driven slump but say a bubble is not forming.
- Matthew Cranston and Jessica Gardner
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
What cliff? Recovery a year ahead of schedule
NAB chief executive Ross McEwan says the economic recovery is going so well that further stimulus in March may not be needed.
- Updated
- James Thomson
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
APRA fuels bank bullishness
Reforms to bank capital are usually put in the too-boring-to-worry-about basket. But it is worth closer attention when it means banks have an opportunity to earn more money on the capital deployed.
- Updated
- Tony Boyd
ACCC confident use of open banking will increase
ACCC commissioner Sarah Court told the Banking & Wealth Summit that banks should apply to receive customer data, not merely supply it.
- James Eyers
APRA focuses capital risk on avoiding the next crisis
APRA chairman Wayne Byres says the regulator will make capital allocation more sensitive to risks.
- James Eyers
Regulators must foster risk-taking: ABA boss
Chief executive Anna Bligh also said the proposed repeal of responsible lending laws didn't mean banks would be deregulated in this area.
- Michael Roddan
'Getting on with it': ASIC's policy days are over
The watchdog's acting chairman, Karen Chester, says the "recent past of an ASIC imploring the government for new regulatory powers and better field coverage is just that. The past."
- Michael Roddan
CBA CEO Comyn says property investors will return
The boss of Australia's biggest bank is optimistic about the recovery with property investors set to return where they can find value.
- James Frost
