Industry gossip in Australia indicates the Rudd Labour Government has declared it wants a significant win in the financial services industry this year after a series of high profile collapses and other misdemeanours.
The consensus among the prognosticators is K-Rudd doesn’t care much about what the win is, …
The Australian banking and regulatory system is the envy of the Western world, some say, yet pundits argue that the big four banks are anti-competitive due to their market share levels.
The ACCC had little choice during the global crisis to allow two of the big banks to …
Many were surprised at the Australian Reserve Bank’s move to increase official interest rates this week, with RBA Governor Glenn Stevens outlining the basis for such low interest rates has passed.
The 25 point rise will be immaterial to most, as will be the one or two additional …
With Britain’s national debt interest ticking over at a rate of £6,017 per second the political agenda ahead of the upcoming general election is sharpening on cost cutting.
Traditionally political parties prefer to talk about spending rather than cuts – yet the national debt is so colossal that …
The market uncertainty and volatility since late 2007 has cemented the argument that investing is not as simple as it may have appeared in the bull days preceding the financial crisis.
With this in mind CoreData has launched the first national Financial IQ Test this week to gauge …
ING Direct was somewhat quicker than Sydney Council a fortnight ago in its reaction to the blanket of orange dust that blanketed the city in late September.
With a super swift response, the group was able to run full page media ads the following day showing an image …
