Inquiry Into Financial Products and Services in Australia

Inquiry Into Financial Products and Services in Australia
Author: Australia. Parliament. Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services
Publisher:
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2009
Genre: Financial services industry
ISBN: 9781742292113

"On 25 February 2009 the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services resolved to inquire into and report by 23 November 2009 on the issues associated with recent financial product and services provider collapses, such as Storm Financial, Opes Prime and other similar collapses ... "--P. vii.

The Nature of Inquisitorial Processes in Administrative Regimes

The Nature of Inquisitorial Processes in Administrative Regimes
Author: Laverne Jacobs
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2016-03-03
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1317023323

’Inquisitorial processes’ refers to the inquiry powers of administrative governance and this book examines the use of these powers in administrative law across seven jurisdictions. The book brings together recent developments in mixed inquisitorial-adversarial administrative decision-making on a hitherto neglected area of comparative administrative process and institutional design. Reaching important conclusions about their own jurisdictions and raising questions which may be explored in others, the book's chapters are comparative. They explore the terminology and scope of the concept of inquisitorial process, justifications for the use of inquiry powers, the effectiveness of inquisitorial processes and the implications of the adoption of such powers. The book will set in motion continued dialogue about the inherent challenges of balancing policy goals, fairness, resources and institutional design within administrative law decision-making by offering theoretical, practical and empirical analyses. This will be a valuable book to government policy-makers, administrative law decision-makers, lawyers and academics.

Government and Housing

Government and Housing
Author: Willem van Vliet
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 295
Release: 1990-07
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0803936672

This collection of papers was taken from the conference on housing, policy and urban innovation held in Amsterdam in 1988. The contributors address such issues as the decentralization of housing, privatization of housing, deregulation of rental and public housing, and housing finance.

The Politics of Retirement Savings Taxation

The Politics of Retirement Savings Taxation
Author: Lisa Marriott
Publisher: CCH Australia Limited
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2010
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1921701145

This book addresses one of the most important social and economic issues in modern welfare states: public policy for retirement savings. It explores the events, environment and personalities that combined to form the current policy arrangements in Australia and New Zealand.

Banking Policy and Structure (RLE Banking & Finance)

Banking Policy and Structure (RLE Banking & Finance)
Author: J S G Wilson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 474
Release: 2012-10-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1136268790

This book provides a comparative analysis of the several types of banking structure and the ways in which banks undertake their business. It surveys central banking arrangements in a number of countries. Against an historical background, it describes banking systems ranging from the so-called ‘unit banking’ of the USA to the branch banking arrangements that derive from British experience, as well as many systems in between. The business of banking is analysed comparatively within the framework of a simplified bank balance sheet, special attention being given to industrial banking and to assets and liabilities management. It explores how money markets function and, within this framework, how central banks operate and attempt to implement monetary and credit policy. The book includes the results of extensive new research, part of which involved interviewing many key figures throughout the banking industry.

The Future of Consumer Credit Regulation

The Future of Consumer Credit Regulation
Author: Michelle Kelly-Louw
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2008-01-01
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780754674177

Effective regulation of consumer credit in modern society is an ever-changing challenge. As new forms of credit emerge in free societies, regulation often lags behind. This volume explores contemporary problems related to the regulation of consumer credit in market economies with a focus on credit extended to the most vulnerable and poorest members of the community. Written by experts in the field of consumer credit regulation from Europe, North America, Australia, and South Africa, the book examines some of the most important consumer credit issues facing consumers today and proposes innovative ways to protect the consumer interest in those markets.

Inflation and the Making of Australian Macroeconomic Policy, 1945–85

Inflation and the Making of Australian Macroeconomic Policy, 1945–85
Author: Michael Beggs
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 335
Release: 2015-09-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1137265973

In the decades after World War II, inflation undermined the aspiration for full employment in Australia. This book tells the story of how the Australian state was shaped by the confrontation with monetary instability: a pre-history of neoliberalism.