Australia boosts regulator funding after bank scandals
Sydney
AUSTRALIA on Wednesday boosted funding to the corporate regulator by A$127.2 million (S$133 million) and appointed a special prosecutor to investigate financial crime, in sweeping reforms prompted by public outrage over numerous bank scandals.
The nation's major banks - which regularly rake in multi-billion-dollar profits - have been under scrutiny following a series of consumer fraud allegations involving financial planning as well as claims of interbank lending interest rate rigging.
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