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The business sector is enjoying a “multi-year high” with economic growth tipped to rise in the second half of 2017, according to NAB Group Economics.

Fresh figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show a clear divergence in home lending, with investor loans declining and a strong pickup in owner-occupied borrowing.

KCA’s bid to take over Pepper Group reflects Australia’s changing financial landscape, analysts have said, pointing to clampdowns on risky bank lending and the “latent” value of the non-bank ...

An elite mortgage broker has suggested that APRA’s new oversight of non-banks could lead the lending segment to implement interest-only restrictions.

The possibility of eight rate hikes in two years is “highly unlikely”, but a cash rate cut could be on the cards, according to a leading economist.

The Bank of England has confirmed that its own version of APRA lending curbs will become a “structural feature” of the British housing market, which raises the question: are APRA’s lending ...

ASIC has fined Westpac $127,250 for failing to correctly report information about more than 100,000 over-the-counter derivatives transactions.

The major bank has followed its peers by today announcing rate increases across its interest-only home loans.

A non-bank boss has warned that the commercial lending sector is currently experiencing an “Australian version of a credit crisis” as funding at the big end of town dries up.

A major Australian bank has announced today a rate hike of 0.35 per cent on interest-only loans.