Australia to Overhaul Regulators After Landmark Banking Inquiry

Australia to Overhaul Regulators After Landmark Banking Inquiry
A man banks at a Commonwealth Bank automatic teller machine in Sydney, Australia, Aug. 28, 2017. Reuters/Jason Reed
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Australia’s corporate regulators will be subjected to a new oversight body in a shake-up of the banking sector recommended on Feb. 4 by a high-powered independent inquiry into financial sector greed and malpractice.

The government-appointed inquiry known as a Royal Commission also advised in its landmark report that remuneration structures across the industry be overhauled to remove systemic conflicts of interest.