Recessionberg tightens Hayne screw with new review

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If you thought the banks were about release the spiggot on credit think again, via the AFR:

The federal government has told the banks and regulators there will be a fresh industry inquiry in three years to ensure they have improved their behaviour and are treating customers better.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg wrote this week to the heads of the Australian Banking Association, Australian Securities and Investments Commission and Australian Prudential Regulation Authority directing them to swiftly implement dozens of Commissioner Kenneth Hayne’s recommendations that pertain to their bodies.

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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.