Regulation

The overall share of new home loans approved with an LVR of over 80 per cent has increased, according to the latest APRA data.  

Join Annie Kane and Charbel Kadib as they delve into the latest themes and developments in the home loan market.

The corporate regulator has called on lenders, brokers and aggregators to better facilitate borrower choice in the home lending process amid new research that called current practices into ...

The prudential regulator has revealed how it plans to regulate non-financial risks in its newly published four-year corporate plan. 

The regulator has revealed how it plans to address misconduct in the financial sector in its newly published four-year corporate plan, after being criticised for its soft approach by the ...

The prudential regulator has imposed new rules on ADIs, designed to “reinforce financial system stability”.

The mandatory comprehensive credit reporting bill has been updated to include changes to the reporting of hardship arrangements, with stakeholders invited to consult Treasury on the ...

The financial services regulator has reported a 216 per cent increase in wealth management investigations since July 2018, as the fallout from the banking royal commission continues.

While the Australian economy faces “challenges”, the federal Treasurer and deputy leader of the Liberal Party, Josh Frydenberg, has noted that the current low interest rate environment ...

An amendment to ASIC’s responsible lending guidance to allow lenders to consider changes to a borrower’s spending habits has been dismissed during the regulator’s first round of hearings