The authors examine the influence of behavioural research upon economic policy-making, as it relates to the regulation of consumer credit and consumer financial services. Using the examples of credit cards in the United States and Australia, and retirement savings' infrastructure in the United...

Increased attention is being given to the enforcement of insider trading laws. In this paper the authors present the results of an empirical study of the enforcement of Australian insider trading laws since the first enforcement case in 1973. The issues examined by the authors include (a) the...

Although young Australians are active consumers there is little evidence about their knowledge of consumer rights. The authors report the results of a survey of 207 Australian school students aged 16-17 aimed at ascertaining their knowledge of consumer rights. Focus group interviews were also...

This report presents the results of a study examining superannuation knowledge, behaviour and attitudes in 994 young adult superannuation fund members (25-34 years old) in Australia. Respondents completed a 75 question online survey instrument which included questions on demographics and...

In this research note the authors analyse the business objectives of the top 100 companies listed on each of the Australian Securities Exchange (the S&P/ASX 100), the London Stock Exchange (the FTSE 100) and the New York Stock Exchange (the NYSE 100) to determine to what extent stakeholder...

Malaysia has recently joined a growing number of jurisdictions that have introduced regulation to promote equity crowdfunding. Equity crowdfunding takes advantage of technological advances, specifically the internet, to provide an additional source of funding for small to medium start‐up...

This article is the first detailed empirical study of banning orders made under legislation administered by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). This method of enforcement of corporate law has been little researched, yet it is arguably the dominant mode of corporate law...

This is the report of the independent Panel asked by the Australian government to review the financial system external dispute resolution (EDR) and complaints framework. As the Panel notes, it is essential that consumers of financial products and services have access to effective EDR. The...

Illegal phoenix activity — the practice of liquidating or abandoning a company with the intention of avoiding its obligations and then continuing the same or a similar business via a new or related company — is estimated to cost the Australian economy up to $3.5 billion per year and appears...