Macro and monetary policy factors are affecting some currencies more than traditional commodity triggers.

The final report of Australia’s Royal Commission into misbehaviour in financial services had plenty of blood and thunder, and has already brought down the top executives of National Australia Bank, but it doesn’t bring the promise of lasting reform.

Commissioner Kenneth Hayne 'not as confident as I would wish to be that the lessons of the past have been learned'.

An industry humbled, NAB flagellated – but it doesn’t make the biggest change.

Cornered by Euromoney, former Aussie PM Kevin Rudd was less scathing of his political rival Wayne Swan in person than he is in print.

$500 million bond was third attempt since 2013; makes Credit Suisse loan commitment look shrewder.

One thousand pages tell us plenty about bank misconduct – but nothing new, and it’s all in the price. Asic is the most embarrassed institution in Australia today.

The announcement on Thursday that Shemara Wikramanayake will replace Nicholas Moore as CEO of Macquarie Group in November is significant for two reasons.

Non-bank market makers in Australian FX are not taking away many big clients from banks, but they are taking meaningful market share in smaller clients.

Australia is used to regulatory and reputational calamity, but a case against ANZ, Citi and Deutsche has taken a more personal turn.

Bloodbath at AMP and the crowdfunding of startup Xinja are signs of new era.

The likely recommendations from Australia’s investigations are changes that should have been made years ago.

Bank South Pacific dominates most of the markets that it serves, but it is not big enough to find an exchange suitable for a long-discussed second listing.

From late-night beginnings in suburban Sydney, a new payments system is transforming shopping down under – and possibly beyond. Meet the two entrepreneurs behind this fintech hotshop.

As chief executive of Westpac, Gail Kelly was a trailblazer for women in finance. She learned the hard way about the battle for equal pay. Now she is trying to use her experience to encourage others.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia appoints new CEO.

Australian banks will face a year-long review into their conduct, but it’s not clear what they will expose that’s not already out there.

Domestic real-time payments are spreading as more countries adopt the technology, but the move to international, cross-currency payments is still some time off.

New Zealand’s Financial Markets Authority and the country’s stock exchange are working to impose voice recording for traders after market-manipulation investigations highlighted limitations in the regime.

Between 1997 and 2004, Peter Nicholl was governor of the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina; he succeeded in establishing economic stability in a country ravaged by war, but how did a New Zealand central banker get the job in the first place?

When accusations of anti-money-laundering failures became the latest hit to Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s reputation, chief executive Ian Narev announced his retirement, but first he spoke to Euromoney about the challenges of banking in a market where everyone’s a critic.

As Singapore reinforces its position as the leading FX trading centre in the Asia Pacific region, Euromoney looks at the prospects for other regional hubs.

Consultant sold to own staff by NAB; Australian banks simplify and divest.

No other sovereign wealth fund looks like Australia’s. Its chief investment officer reckons that, by some measures, almost two-thirds of the fund is in alternative or illiquid assets. Even so, it’s working.