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Pragmatic and debt-free HK's US$1 billion triple-A rated Islamic bond has shown up the shortcomings of Australia's reigning "pay down all debt at any cost" ideology. read more

The UBS bank analysts for Australasia, Jonathan Mott and Adam Lee, have examined the 'too big to fail' concept, and the proposals among G20 regulators for a senior debt holders' bail-in, from an Austr.. read more

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision published the results of its latest monitoring exercise late yesterday, Australian time. A total of 227 banks participated in the study, comprising 102 Group.. read more

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has successfully appealed to the High Court of Australia against an order made by the Full Federal Court on 6 August last year. read more

Governments around the world are using public-private partnerships, or 'P3s', to develop and maintain public infrastructure. read more

Several very busy months, during which its brokers wrote more than A$1.3 billion in loans, have seen Aussie post record home loan settlements for the 2014 financial year, growing 18 per cent to A$17 b.. read more

Each of the Big Four banks is having difficulty cross-selling superannuation to their customers. This is the main message from a recent Roy Morgan Research report, which indicated the major banks are.. read more

The Supreme Court of Western Australia has cleared the way for a Perth legal firm to represent three groups of investors taking action against the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and a group of financi.. read more

The ANZ's mobile-to-mobile payment application, goMoney, has hit A$100 billion in transactions. Launched in 2010 it has, according to the bank, more than 1.4 million users, with an average of one mill.. read more

The personal finances of Geoffrey Shannon, founder of activist group Unhappy Banking, have been dealt a blow by a Full Federal Court judgment handed down in Sydney last Friday. The Court dismissed Sha.. read more