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East & Partners

Sector: Regulatory & Government

(9 October 2009 – Australia) All four major banks have raised their standard variable home loan rates by 25 basis...

(9 October 2009 – UK) The United Kingdom Office of Fair Trading (OFT) urges banks to improve the ability to...

(8 October 2009 – New Zealand) Westpac is facing a significant tax bill after a New Zealand commission ruled against...

(8 October 2009 – Australia) The ACCC will not oppose the proposed acquisition of Challenger’s mortgage management business by NAB.The...

(7 October 2009 – UK) The UK Financial Service Authority (FSA) has become the first major regulator to introduce tighter...

(7 October 2009 – Australia) Australia’s Treasurer, Wayne Swan, said that because the economy has begun to recover, the RBA...

(6 October 2009 – Australia) The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has decided to raise the cash rate to 3.25...

(22 September 2009 – Australia) The latest RBA credit card statistics have shown that balances outstanding on credit cards have...

(14 September 2009 – Australia) The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has proposed enhanced liquidity risk management by authorised deposit-taking...

(9 September 2009 – Australia) RBA research has shown that the ATM reforms and direct fee charging is resulting in...