financial abuse

Financial planning

Advisers ‘uniquely positioned’ to detect financial abuse

Multiple financial services organisations, including the FSC and FAAA, are calling for better handling of financial abuse, with financial advisers being “uniquely positio...

Financial planning

Help given to prevent financial abuse

An online platform will help advisers to prevent their clients from suffering financial abuse as misconduct rises during the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

Financial planning

ABA moves to protect vulnerable clients

Elder financial abuse, violent relationships, and unexpected long-term illness are all issues that the Australian Banking Association hopes to address in its new vulnerab...

Policy & Regulation

Industry bodies call for Govt action on elder abuse

Industry bodies are calling on the Attorney-General to take action on financial abuse. ...

Financial planning

Financial abuse within relationships growing

Financial abuse is increasingly a problem, with the ‘new poor’ staying in relationships because they are not aware of the alternatives, according to Anne Marie Seagrim....

Financial planning

Financial abuse rampant in domestic violence

Almost all women in abusive relationships will face financial abuse, while anxiety over finances would force abuse victims to remain in or return to the abusive relations...

Financial planning

Female financial security linked to partner

With more than 60 per cent of all women in relationships having no assets purely in their own name, they risked facing financial abuse if the relationship broke down. ...