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Mathew Dunckley

Mathew Dunckley in BusinessDay Editor for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Based in our Melbourne newsroom, Mathew has over more than 15 years experience as a journalist and editor.

The bank has been found to have failed to have the appropriate filters about 9800 orders for options market contracts.

'Careless' Credit Suisse to pay $170,000 penalty

Investment bank Credit Suisse has copped a $170,000 fine from the market watchdog after its clients were able to place almost 10,000 orders in the options market without the appropriate limits on prices in place.

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Landmark $230m solar deal taps government and CBA

The backers of three large solar farms have locked in the final piece of their funding puzzle after securing debt financing from a group including the federal government and Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

The Prime Minister now has the opportunity to change the policy direction in Canberra.

Turnbull, Musk 'pick each other's brains' over energy storage

Tesla's Elon Musk may have garnered maximum publicity with his offer last week to solve South Australia's power crisis for free if he did not deliver with 100 days of signing a contract, but neither the Prime Minister nor South Australia's Premier are in a hurry to take him up on the offer.

A publicly funded class action vehicle would promote access to justice, says Vince Morabito.

Government fund needed for class actions

A government-backed fund is needed to ensure access to justice for cases where litigation funders and plaintiff lawyers are unwilling to back court action, says a leading expert in the field.