'An anomaly that APRA hasn't regulated it'
Shadow banks are charging interest-only investors nearly 60 basis points less for their standard variable loans than mainstream competitors, analysis of average rates reveals.
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Albanese takes another shot at Shorten
Anthony Albanese says Labor should have accepted the Coalition's ideological surrender and moved on.
Share ownership edges higher
While share ownership has not changed dramatically in the last two years there has been a sharp increase in younger investors.
ATO deputy caught up in tax fraud
Tax Office deputy commissioner Michael Cranston's son was allegedly involved in one of the country's biggest white-collar crimes.
Bidding war could drive Fairfax to $1.30
The firm whose aggressive corporate style came to define the entire leveraged buy-out industry could be a third bidder.
Optus happy with EPL as profits fall
Optus chief says English soccer is driving up customer numbers and it has no fear of new mobile competition from TPG.
Woolies slashes legal bills and it's not alone
Companies are overhauling their legal spend at a head-spinning rate.
Markets: Trump trade turns ugly
Shares slump for a second straight day extending the ASX's losses to $38.6b as Trump controversy threatens to derail the bull market.
Morrison urges a bank to 'break ranks'
Scott Morrison is urging one of the big five banks to be hit with the new tax to break ranks and absorb the cost.
Commercial property downturn beyond 'tipping point'
The managing director of Arena REIT says the odds of a downturn are now "well beyond the tipping point".
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