banking royal commission

How will the Consumer Data Right legislation impact your finances?

21 Nov 2019

The Consumer Data Right legislation will facilitate transportation of data. However will it lead to greater competition amongst financial products in Australia?

Open banking revolution off to a tentative start

02 Jul 2019

Customers can now change the way they do business with banks.

Vital signs. The political conundrum of dealing with mortgage brokers

15 Mar 2019

Josh Frydenberg wants to leave mortgage broker commissions unchanged for three years. It's hard to see why.

Culture, accountability and courts: UNSW Alumni event reveals why change in banking will take years

01 Mar 2019

Law, business and banking experts on the UNSW Legal Hour panel said the significant findings of the banking royal commission would be met with a slow response.

Removing broker commissions is a double-edged sword

21 Feb 2019

The number of mortgage brokers providing a money-saving service to consumers could fall under changes recommended by the banking royal commission, says Mark Humphrey-Jenner of UNSW Business School.

Vital Signs: When watchdogs become pets – or the problem of 'regulatory capture'

15 Feb 2019

Do regulators act in the public interest, or in the interest of those they are meant to regulate?

Economists' poll says we can fix the banks. But that doesn't mean we will

14 Feb 2019

There are things we can do, but the Economic Society's poll finds that not all of them are part of the traditional economists' toolkit.

Penalties and a super-regulator might be the way forward for banks

01 Feb 2019

Whatever the recommendations of the banking royal commission to be made public on Monday, customers of our recalcitrant financial institutions are in for a rough ride.

Why overconfidence creates reckless CEOs

16 Jan 2019

Actuary Anthony Asher suggests why the banking royal commission should have examined excessive CEO remuneration.