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Below is a summary of the topics we covered on Nucleus Investment Insights this month. See the links for more information.

APRA has rung the bell on bank AT1 hybrids. We add our two cents.

Is the banking regulator ramping up bank leverage and risks faced by depositors to protect itself?

A surprising yet sensible proposal from the banking regulator, which will keep insurance hybrid securities in place

Listen to our latest episode of the Complexity Premia podcast on whether we need a hybrid revolution and much, much more...

Some cheeses have holes in them, some do not. There are also many varieties of hybrids, some of these also have holes in them.

Australia holds lots of swimming world records, but not so many corporate ones. If, however, you rely on our research and googling capabilities, Westpac (ASX: WBC)...

In less than 30 days we’ll cast our votes at the next Federal Election, to decide whether Anthony Albanese and the Australian Labor Party, or the incumbent Prime...

Commonwealth Bank's recent $4 billion bond is the first big issuance of 2022, and the largest of its type in Australian history. It dwarfs the previous record holder...

While our updated numbers imply the banks need to buy about $408bn of government bonds for liquidity purposes over the next few years, it is interesting to see how...

One of the most challenging problems plaguing superannuation choice is how to evaluate historical performance outcomes against a fund’s stated objectives, which has...

Following APRA's release of its October Monthly Authorised Deposit-taking Institution Statistics, we have updated our estimates of the four major banks' debt funding...

Under the hotly contested Your Future, Your Super rules recently introduced by the government, super funds' default products are now subject to an annual performance...

The ASX was looking promising this morning with futures implying a start to trade up +40 points however that quickly evaporated as the more influential sectors of...

In the AFR I write that while some of the record heat is coming out of Aussie housing, which should be reinforced by out-of-cycle rate hikes from lenders and...

APRA is releasing an information paper on its framework for implementing macroprudential policy over the next couple of months, suggesting macroprudential measures to...

There are a bunch of big regime changes in Aussie fixed-income markets that are going to materially change asset-pricing. Our detailed modelling shows banks are going...

In the AFR I write that it is the single most important national security decision Australia has made since the Second World War: Prime Minister Scott Morrison forging...

In the AFR I write that after months of debate about whether the Reserve Bank of Australia would increase or decrease its stimulus in recognition of the COVID-induced...

The announcement on Friday that APRA is winding down the ability of banks to rely on the RBA’s Committed Liquidity Facility (CLF) to meet their Liquidity Coverage...