Retail deposits best option
Retail deposits stand out as the most effective way for banks across the world to bolster their balance sheets, according to UK-based research house Datamonitor.
In new research released this week, Datamonitor said banks needed to recognise that deposits easily represented the most attractive source of new funding both in terms of availability and cost of capital and stood out as an obvious yardstick against which to measure the size of their mortgage lending.
The Datamonitor research report, ‘Back to backing: capturing retail deposits’, identified five customer segments which appeared particularly appealing.
It said retail deposits stood out as the most attractive funding option for banks and for British banks and building societies looking to strengthen their balance sheets there were a number of different sources of capital but, of all these, retail deposits stood out as the best option.
Recommended for you
The new financial year has got off to a strong start in adviser gains, helped by new entrants, after heavy losses sustained in June.
Michael McCorry, chief investment officer at BlackRock Australia, has detailed how investors are reconsidering their 60/40 portfolios as macro uncertainty highlight the benefits of liquid alternatives.
Having reset its market focus to high-net-worth advisers, Praemium’s administration solution has been selected by Bell Potter in a deal that increases the platform's funds under administration by $6 billion.
High transition rates from financial advisers have helped Netwealth’s funds under administration rise by $3.7 billion in the fourth quarter of FY25.