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Newspaper reports suggest the Commonwealth Bank is seeking to head off prolonged litigation with Storm Financial clients by negotiating private settlements. The move foll...
Financial planning
Distressed clients of Storm Financial may be able to stay in their homes despite being unable to meet the required payments on their mortgages....
Financial planning
ASIC has used its statement on Storm Financial to a recent parliamentary hearing to warn that its interest in Storm is likely to have far reaching implications for the of...
Financial planning
The interest rates being offered to small businesses during a time when other forms of interest are falling will be one focus of a federal inquiry into banking and financ...
Financial planning
More than 60 'expressions of interest' received....
Editorial
IT now transpires that the Australian Securities and Investments Commission did receive four complaints relating to Storm Financial in the period 2006 to 2007. Trouble is...
Financial planning
Boutique planner groups say advisers must provide reasonable basis for recommending gearing amid calls for the regulator to act....
Financial planning
Colonial Geared Investments sold down Storm Financial shares without instruction but claims Storm's response was inadequate....
Financial planning
The financial planning firm closely associated with the principals of Storm Financial has written to clients informing them that it cannot provide financial advice....
Financial planning
Financial planning software developed that aims to reduce the risk associated with margin lending advice....
Financial planning
Regulator 'does not have the power' to prevent aggressive models....
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has admitted in a parliamentary hearing that it received four complaints relating to Storm Financial between 2...
Editorial
Forget the fact that Storm Financial clients were paying hefty upfront fees, the collapse of the company represents a catalyst for the Federal Government to act on the qu...
Financial planning
Financial Ombudsman Service travels to complaints hotspot....
Financial planning
ASIC to blame for issuing AFSLs 'willy-nilly', says Lambert....
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...