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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has put credit providers on notice that it wants better disclosure in their advertising. read more

Lenders are hoping the market for self-managed superannuation fund loans will gather some much needed momentum following the release of an ATO ruling that provides greater clarity about the tax tre.. read more

Financial institutions cut their savings rates harder than their borrowing rates in the month following the Reserve Bank's 50 basis point reduction in the official cash rate. read more

Resimac has followed ME Bank into the United States' 144a market with its latest issue of residential mortgage-backed securities, the Premier Series 2012-1. read more

Suncorp's new simplification program has won favour with analysts at Deutsche Bank and Macquarie Equities, who upgraded the stock after the latter's strategy briefing last week. read more

Household deposits continue to grow at a faster rate than home loans, according to APRA's latest banking statistics. read more

The board of IMB Ltd, one of Australia's largest building societies, has accepted a recommendation that it cancel its publicly traded ordinary shares through a series of buybacks. read more

The Government's ban on price-signalling by banks will be limited in its application to deposit-taking and lending and will have no impact on other activities, such as insurance or wealth management.. read more

The composition of major Australian banks' funding is improving, but only slowly, says Fitch Ratings. read more

Finance company FlexiGroup will continue its push into the point-of-sale, interest-free finance segment with the purchase of Lombard Finance. read more