 Damien Wood Head of Research, Spectrum Asset Management Limited (at time of writing)
DAMIEN WOOD | FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019 It is not often you will get this writer singing the praises of our bank regulator. But the recent discussion paper released by APRA on how to increase capital to meet global standards for our major Australian banks, in our view, is not only spot on ... Read more DAMIEN WOOD | FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018 Fish apparently rot from the head down. The chief executives of Australia's big four banks have helped themselves to monster pay rises over the past 20 years. Bank staff were financially motivated to sell more products to help meet their performance ... Read more DAMIEN WOOD | FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018 Interest only mortgages boomed in the U.S. in the 1920s. What followed was the Great Depression. They re-emerged Stateside in the early 2000s. What followed was the GFC and the Great Recession. In Australia interest only loans account for around 35% ... Read more PAGE: 1 |
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