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Paying over the odds: Bailout ‘stigma’ and its role in saving the world economy

Paying over the odds: Bailout ‘stigma’ and its role in saving the world economy

Following the 2008 crisis, those tasked with steering the global economy out of a recession through corporate bailouts had one thing on their mind.

Chongwoo Choe

Off-market share buybacks: clever schemes or rorts?

Off-market share buybacks: clever schemes or rorts?

COVID-19 has effectively put an end to off-market share buyback schemes, as companies look to conserve their cash holdings. It couldn’t come at a better time.

Christine Brown

Department of Banking and Finance

How climate change impacts the cost of loans

How climate change impacts the cost of loans

Grappling with how to price 'drought risk', global lenders are charging farmers higher levels of interest. Could Australian producers feel the heat?

Hannah Nguyen

Cameron Truong

Minh 'Viet' Do

Tram Vu

Department of Banking and Finance

How COVID-19 has impacted access to capital markets

How COVID-19 has impacted access to capital markets

COVID-19 has created a surge of riskier, lower rated corporate bond offerings to investors. But debt overhang is a looming concern.

Jin Yu

Department of Banking and Finance

Payday lenders: trusted friends or debt traps?

Payday lenders: trusted friends or debt traps?

Need a loan? Research reveals social media users should be wary of payday lenders using digital platforms to peddle their wares to the vulnerable.

Vivien Chen

Department of Business Law and Taxation

Why have ‘safe haven’ cryptocurrencies sunk with the markets?

Why have ‘safe haven’ cryptocurrencies sunk with the markets?

Cryptocurrencies have followed volatile global markets. This was not supposed to happen.

John Vaz

Department of Banking and Finance

Why we can trust women to repay loans

Why we can trust women to repay loans

Microfinance firms are better off lending to women rather than men, research shows.

Luisa Unda

Abu Zafar Shahriar

Department of Accounting

‘People before profit’ – how mutuals are teaching banks a lesson

‘People before profit’ – how mutuals are teaching banks a lesson

Mutuals and co-ops are having their moment. With Professor Matthew Hall and Dr Paul Thambar.

Matthew Hall

Paul J Thambar

Department of Accounting

Why it really pays for companies to get this one thing right

Why it really pays for companies to get this one thing right

Customer satisfaction flows right through a company's bottom line, influencing capital equity costs and even institutional investors.

Cameron Truong

Hannah Nguyen

Thanh Huynh

Department of Banking and Finance

How institutional investors influence capital decisions

How institutional investors influence capital decisions

When it comes to how Australian companies structure their capital, what level of influence do institutional investors actually have?

Chris Veld

Department of Banking and Finance

Domestic violence prevents women realising their business dreams

Domestic violence prevents women realising their business dreams

Women in Bangladesh who are victims of domestic violence fear failure and it is crushing their ability to become entrepreneurs.

Abu Zafar Shahriar

Department of Banking and Finance

The need for speed – how being closer to an exchange amplifies profits

The need for speed – how being closer to an exchange amplifies profits

High-frequency traders are getting closer to the action, moving nearer to global exchanges, which improves their connection speeds and as new research shows, it’s a profitable shift.

Paul Lajbcygier

Huu Nhan Duong

Imon Palit

Department of Economics