Websites, selected

Australian

Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) is the regulator of banks, credit unions, building and friendly societies, insurance companies and superannuation funds. The homepage provides current information on issues affecting these regulated bodies. Site includes Australian banking statistics latest information, downloadable in different formats,. and, Insight a quarterly bulletin.

Financial institutions performance survey, latest edition is published annually by KPMG Australia. The survey covers banks, finance companies, credit unions, building societies, investment management and the insurance sector.

Axiss Australia was established by the Federal government to develop and implement a campaign to enhance Australia's position as a global financial service centre. The site provides links to publications and data on the Australian financial services industry, media releases, bulletin board, etc.

The language of money by Edna Carew is a dictionary of financial terms, the site is searchable.

Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) for information about the RBA, speeches, reports, statements, statistics, publications of the Reserve Bank's Bulletin articles and abstracts of Research Discussion Papers. Also includes links to Web sites of other central banks, Australian government departments and agencies, and other bodies concerned with the operation of the financial system.

International

Asian Development Bank (ADB) includes economic and social statistics for over thirty of the ADB's "developing member countries".

Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has an extensive range of publications in full text such as economics, conference, policy and working papers, BIS consolidated international banking statistics and the BIS annual report. Also provides links to the central banks of the countries of the world.

International Conference on Financing for Development link to documents resulting from these United Nations sponsored conferences.

The European Central Bank (ECB) is located in Frankfurt. The site has extensive links such as the European Union central banks, statistical data (the euro, interest rates), the ECB's Monthly Bulletin publication, job opportunities and full-text publications.

The Federal Reserve Bank is the central bank of the US. This site includes links to the Federal Reserve's publications, research and data.

The financial scandals site provides links relating to banking and financial frauds such as money laundering.

Fundamentals of Financial management is a compilation of sites aimed at finance students.

Institute of International Finance (IIF) is a global association of financial institutions. Access provided to selected reports.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) source of news about IMF activities and projects, as well as an extensive range of full text reports and working papers on economic and monetary matters. Detailed country reports are included.

The World Bank news, country information, statistics, research and other publications from the World Bank Group.

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