APRA: No more investor tightening

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By Leith van Onselen

In a speech yesterday, APRA’s chairman, Wayne Byres, played down the prospect of the regulator further tightening investor lending caps below 10%. From The AFR:

Wayne Byres said bank stability had been well served by the 10 per cent growth cap imposed on bank investor loan portfolios, with actual rates of growth sitting at around half that rate.

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.