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With the release of the senate committee report into ASIC calling for a judicial inquiry into the activities of the financial planning arm of CBA, the question is: whose head might roll? read more

The pervasiveness of low incomes as an economic feature received rare official acknowledgement yesterday. read more

One task possibly being finalised by the Financial System Inquiry is accounting for the fallout of the global financial crisis in Australia. read more

A DFAT-style 'select documents' history is needed to lead bank customers and bank investors through the details of their bank's recent brush with crisis around the GFC. read more

Questions over industry structure have to be asked. Is four pillars a wise choice? read more

China will open opportunities to buy into its five major banks, Australian officials disclosed over the weekend. read more

Russia, China, Brazil and India had the world's most profitable banks in 2013, the annual report of the Bank for International Settlements has found. Australian major banks were the most profitable in.. read more

One systemic weakness in banking is being highlighted in the count down to the release of the Financial System Inquiry's interim report. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission on Friday.. read more

Caps on mortgage borrowing have been imposed in the UK, with the Bank of England extending an activist program sparked by the GFC. Banks in the UK must now ensure they do not extend more than 15 per c.. read more

The investment mandate of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation may be reshaped, as a workaround by the Australian government to cope with the refusal of the Senate to pass a bill to abolish the specia.. read more