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The market for residential mortgage-backed securities is returning to more attractive price levels for issuers, with ME pricing the senior notes of its latest issue at lower margins than those paid by.. read more

The business lending market continued its slowdown in August, with a fall in new lending, lower growth in balances and only modest growth in applications. read more

BT Financial Group outed itself over the weekend as the life insurer cited by ASIC for denying 37 per cent of its total and permanent disability claims. read more

New figures from the Financial Security Authority show debt agreements may soon overtake bankruptcy as the most common form of personal insolvency. read more

There is no evidence that merging dispute resolution services will improve consumer outcomes, the Credit and Investments Ombudsman argues in its submission to the review of external dispute resolution.. read more

Businesses are paying their invoices in near-record time, thanks to low interest rates and steady economic growth. read more

A group of consumer organisations has called for the merger of the three finance sector external dispute resolution schemes and the extension of the merged scheme's mandate to cover small business dis.. read more

The trend for small financial institutions to report above-average growth in loans and deposits continues, with BankVic growing its loan book by 11.1 per cent and its deposits by 9.8 per cent in the y.. read more

Life insurers will have to detail their claims handling and dispute outcomes, as the regulators seek to rid the industry of "significant shortcomings". read more

Catherine Livingstone will take over as chair of Commonwealth Bank when David Turner retires from the board at the end of December. read more