Consumers in Australia and other developed countries are increasingly required to interact with providers of complex financial products and services, and to estimate, mitigate or absorb the risks that flow from their financial decisions. A range of debt-related problems in Australia have been...

Young people need have the skills and knowledge to make sound financial decisions now and as adults and to support them to engage confidently and successfully in economic life. They must navigate a much more complex financial landscape and assume greater financial responsibility at a younger age...

This paper examines the corporate governance implications of securities loans, in particular the impact of securities loans on shareholders' voting rights and the control of listed Australian companies. The paper considers whether the current regulatory framework for securities loans in...

Market manipulation, generally considered to be a serious form of misconduct, has been a significant focus of regulators, the media and others in Australia and internationally, with widespread allegations of market manipulation, not just relating to securities, but in relation to interest rates,...

This empirical study applies the authors' model of enforcement intensity to quantify the severity of sanctions imposed on defendants for market manipulation and insider trading in Australia, Canada (Ontario), Hong Kong, Singapore, and the United Kingdom, providing comparative measures of the...