Murray review could lift costs

Original article by Kylar Loussikian
The Australian – Page: 18 : 4-Sep-14

JPMorgan banking analyst Scott Manning warns that wholesale funding costs in the banking sector may rise some $A2.2bn, if recommendations likely to be made by the Australian Government’s new financial system review are adopted. A major issue is potentially more stringent capital requirements to fund home mortgage lending. Interest rate discounts on such loans offered by the main banks have grown to between 1% and 1.4% from 0.2% in 2009

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RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN PRUDENTIAL REGULATION AUTHORITY, JP MORGAN AUSTRALIA LIMITED

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