11:15AM | AAP
Challenger Financial Services says it is well positioned to operate through the downturn.
12:19PM | Reuters
Australia's RBA buys net a $3.15 billion in October in bid to slow a plunge in the currency.
05:08PM | AAP
The Australian bond market has closed stronger after continued weakness on global equity markets.
11:08AM | AAP
Westpac has unveiled its senior executive line-up after merging with St George Bank.
04:50PM | AAP
A new online account allows ANZ's customers to invest in top shares.
04:42PM | AAP
Seven out of 10 people would provide their fingerprints to banks and governments for security purposes, a survey finds.
03:15PM | The Australian Financial Review - Online
Corporate news snapshot for: Challenger Financial Services Group
01:16PM | AAP
Credit card charges rose by 7.8 per cent in September, RBA figures show.
10:21AM | Reuters
Babcock & Brown said it was in dispute with a bank that held a deposit and requested a trading halt until it was sorted out.
12:08PM | AAP
SP confident of funding $2.7 billion program, rules out Alinta buy.
07:16AM | Karen Maley | The Australian Financial Review
The stark reality for Babcock & Brown's coterie of bankers is that they have very little choice but to support the troubled company's latest restructuring plan, whether or not it has any chance of success.
07:16AM | James Chessell | The Australian Financial Review
The decision by Babcock & Brown to sell its portfolio of non-infrastructure assets will affect its sometimes strained relationship with its listed satellites.
07:16AM | Brendan Swift | The Australian Financial Review
Babcock & Brown will retrench staff and sell assets in a last-ditch effort to stave off insolvency.
12:00AM | Jane Searle | The Australian Financial Review
Two high-profile hedge funds have been forced to freeze investor redemptions after the underlying managers in their portfolios were hit by investor withdrawals and liquidity problems in a move that could have wider consequences for the industry.
12:00AM | Duncan Hughes | The Australian Financial Review
Industry Funds Management chairman Garry Weaven has argued that putting super assets into nation-building projects could be justified as an emergency measure to prevent the economy slipping into deep recession and mass unemployment.
12:00AM | Matthew Drummond | The Australian Financial Review
Macquarie Group is still carrying investments in its managed satellite funds at $1.1 billion more than their current market value despite the aggressive $1.14 billion write-down it made on Tuesday.
03:33AM | DealBook | New York Times
With so many advisers linked to Wall Street, how much change will President-elect Barack Obama bring to the nation's financial system?
03:38AM | DealBook | New York Times
Most hedge funds these days are spending their time crying over their losses - when they're not shutting down.