Our financial regulators are captured

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By Leith van Onselen

Wayne Byres, Chairman of APRA, presented a speech on Wednesday entitled “Banking On Housing“, whereby he outlined the current state of play with regards to the supervision of housing lending.

Byres began by noting that Australia’s banks are overly concentrated in housing lending:

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About the author
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.