WELLINGTON (Reuters) – An inquiry into Christchurch’s mosques shooting massacre began hearing evidence on Monday, as New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern prepared to co-host a meeting in France that seeks global support to tackle online violence. A lone g... More »
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The ongoing public inquiry into the scandal-ridden Australian finance sector is too narrow in scope, a politician who had campaigned for the so-called Royal Commission said during hearings on Tuesday. The complaint from Bob Katter, a lower h... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – People who lost family and friends in the Grenfell Tower fire, which killed 71 people in London last year, will pay tribute to their loved ones at the start of hearings at a public inquiry into the causes of the disaster. Only a charred, gut... More »
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (ANZ.AX) said it would stop paying financial planners bonuses for selling its products, the first of the country’s top lenders to change business practices amid a powerful inquiry into misconduct i... More »
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s AMP Ltd (AMP.AX) denied allegations it had submitted a doctored report to a regulator and committed a criminal offense, saying an inquiry into the country’s financial sector had overstated the wealth manager’s involvement. The re... More »
(Reuters) – Litigation financier IMF Bentham Ltd said on Monday that it plans to fund a class action against AMP Ltd, Australia’s largest listed wealth manager. IMF said the investment involves a proposed class action by certain current and former AMP sharehol... More »
FILE PHOTO: The logo for the Commonwealth Bank of Australia adorns their head office in central Sydney, Australia October 12, 2017. REUTERS/David Gray/File Photo SYDNEY (Reuters) – A government-backed inquiry into Australia’s finance sector on Monday said it w... More »
A new investigation of Italian banking scandals by a parliamentary commission has already revealed some improper behavior, the commission's chairman, Pier Ferdinando Casini, told the newspaper La Repubblica in an interview. More »
A combination of photographs shows people using automated teller machines (ATMs) at Australia’s ”Big Four” banks – Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (bottom R), Commonwealth Bank of Australia (top R), National Australia Bank Ltd (bottom L) and Westpa... More »
WASHINGTON The Federal Communications Commission and Federal Trade Commission have asked mobile phone carriers and manufacturers to explain how they release security updates amid mounting concerns over security vulnerabilities, the U.S. agencies said on Monday... More »
