If only the banks had the RBA’s protection racket

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More pain for the banks today, via Chanticleer:

Hodge assured those in the room and others watching the live stream that commissioner Kenneth Hayne, who built a distinguished career ruling expertly on black letter law, wants to draw out the personal and emotional impact of banking misconduct.

The commission has become a venue for reminding boards of directors and managers of large financial institutions that they cannot pursue financial returns while ignoring the human impact of decisions that fall below community standards.

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David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.