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A number of submissions to the Senate Standing Committee on Economics inquiry into home ownership agree that the main reason fewer young people are buying houses is the widening deposit gap and they c.. read more

The Reserve Bank has recommended that Australia's negative gearing rules be reviewed, telling a Senate committee inquiry into home ownership that it was not in the interests of financial stability to.. read more

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority is ready to follow up the steps it took in December to limit investor lending if it sees the need to take further measures to contain housing market risk.. read more

Finance industry professionals using social media as a source for industry news have a strong preference for LinkedIn over facebook or Twitter. read more

The Australian Office of Financial Management has again fallen well short of its target for the sale of its holdings of residential mortgage-backed securities, accepting bids for only A$96 million of.. read more

Administrators of the world's leading interbank interest rate benchmarks are making progress in reforming their benchmarks and are on track to implement enhanced benchmarks towards the end of next yea.. read more

One of the claims made for contactless payment technology is that it has encouraged merchants to accept smaller payments from consumers and this is hastening the move away from cash payments. The late.. read more

Banks hoping for a pick-up in business lending will be frustrated to learn that there has been no clear trend in the commercial finance market this year. read more

Personal insolvency numbers fell in Australia during the year to June. read more

Mutuals have trouble attracting the business of young people, according to new research. read more