Mergers and acquisitions within the Australian-real estate investment trusts (A-REITs) sector have become a noticeable trend in the last decade. Utilising event study methodology, 36 successful A-REIT mergers and acquisitions between January 1995 and December 2008 were examined. Both target and...

This paper investigates management perceptions of bank reputational problems. Interviews with senior bank officials identified several factors that were recognised as impacting negatively on bank reputation; including profits, fees and charges, executive salaries and reactions to changes in...

Deposit insurance schemes were an important element in policy responses tothe global financial crisis (GFC). There has been considerable debate about thenature and efficacy of such policy measures in alleviating the fallout fromfinancial crises. The GFC highlighted problems associated with...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting in six large banks each from Japan, China, Australia and India over the period of 2005-2011.Design/methodology/approach – CSR and banks' annual reports and websites were analysed using a...

The role of ownership in performance of financial institutions is under-examined yet remains a topical issue. Whilst ownership changes in the banking sector have been evaluated in several studies, the link with other sectors has not been a focus of in depth analysis. A controlled comparison of...

Since the 1990s financial sector regulation in Australia has treated credit unions and building societies the same as banks under the designated title of authorized depository institutions. This allows credit unions to choose between different organizational structures: cooperative; convert to...