BFCSA: REIV denies dodgy "non compliant" wording on ESA Forms re Housing...
Estate agent facing $82,000 legal battle after REIV commissions bungle Australian Financial Review May 17 2018 11:00 PM Larry Schlesinger The first of a possible flood of claims by vendors against...
View ArticleBFCSA: ANZ, met with officials from ASIC Aug 2013: very dirty secret rife in...
How ASIC’s fee probe caused an earthquake The Australian 12:00am May 19, 2018 Pamela Williams On August 15, 2013, one of Australia’s biggest banks, ANZ, met with officials from the Australian...
View ArticleBFCSA: Dollarmites bites: the Scandal behind the Commonwealth Bank's junior...
Dollarmites bites: the scandal behind the Commonwealth Bank's junior savings program Sydney Morning Herald 18 May 2018 Adele Ferguson Thousands of children’s Commonwealth Bank accounts were...
View ArticleBFCSA: Turnbull's View of the world: Why the banking royal commission is bad...
Why the banking royal commission is bad for equity, good for debt Australian Financial ReviewMay 18 2018 10:36 AM Christopher Joye One of the most enduring legacies left by the royal commission will...
View ArticleBFCSA: Banking royal commission: Westpac in hot seat over business lending
Banking royal commission: Westpac in hot seat over business lending Australian Financial ReviewMay 20 2018 11:00 PM James Frost, James Eyers, Edmund Tadros Westpac's provision of business loans will...
View ArticleBFCSA: Westpac tasks senior executive Carolyn McCann with leading customer focus
Westpac tasks senior executive Carolyn McCann with leading customer focus The Australian 10:38am May 18, 2018 Michael Roddan Westpac has appointed its chief corporate affairs manager Carolyn McCann...
View ArticleBFCSA: Banks confess new lows with business loans. Another BIG Scandal...
Banks confess new lows with business loans Australian Financial ReviewMay 21 2018 6:46 PM James Frost The big four banks, Suncorp and BOQ have been cowed by the Hayne royal commission into confessing...
View ArticleBFCSA: A parent's pain exposed at the banking royal commission
A parent's pain exposed at the banking royal commission Australian Financial Review May 21 2018 6:05 PM James Thomson Carolyn Flanagan was like any mum – all she wanted to do was to help her daughter...
View ArticleBFCSA: CBA 'clawback' motivation dismissed at banking royal commission
CBA 'clawback' motivation dismissed at banking royal commission Australian Financial Review May 21 2018 5:42 PM James Eyers The banking royal commission has demolished a conspiracy theory raised by a...
View ArticleBFCSA: World debt bomb is ticking, new IMF debt database shows
World debt bomb is ticking, new IMF debt database shows Australian Financial Review May 21 2018 11:00 PM John Kehoe Washington correspondent Is the world sitting on a debt time bomb? A new global...
View ArticleBFCSA: Public service chief John Lloyd grilled over IPA links
Public service chief John Lloyd grilled over IPA links The Australian 12:00am May 22, 2018 Ewin Hannan Australian Public Service Commissioner John Lloyd personally emailed the head of the Institute...
View ArticleBFCSA: Old-age super products a ‘fraud.’ "Guaranteed Income Stream" Stay Away
Old-age super products a ‘fraud’ The Australian 12:00am May 22, 2018 Michael Roddan New superannuation income products backed by government reforms in the budget, which are designed to encourage...
View ArticleBFCSA: Brisbane apartment valuations on the slide with thousands more units...
Brisbane apartment valuations on the slide with thousands more units on the way Australian Financial Review May 23 2018 10:29 AM Su-Lin Tan Mortgage revaluations of second-hand homes in inner...
View ArticleBFCSA: Customers do not get Bonuses from Banks - we get MUGGED BY BANKS
Banking royal commission: ANZ admits bonus scheme made no sense The Australian 11:50am May 23, 2018 Ben Butler, Elizabeth Redman A senior ANZ executive has admitted to the financial services royal...
View ArticleBFCSA: Royal commission: Westpac staff filled in forms with false...
It was common practice for Westpac bankers to fill out loan documents with false information, one of the bank’s senior executives has told the financial services royal commission. Evidence at the...
View ArticleBFCSA: Ken HENRY Concern for NAB customers maybe on the table - but a long...
Concern for customers the key to NAB’s success The Australian 12:00am May 23, 2018 Ken Henry I have been asked to talk about the political and economic state of the nation: the big picture. NAB’s...
View ArticleBFCSA: Philip Lowe on why the RBA is watching China's debt mountain so carefully
Philip Lowe on why the RBA is watching China's debt mountain so carefully Australian Financial ReviewMay 23 2018 9:12 PM Jacob Greber, Lisa Murray Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe has...
View ArticleBFCSA: Mass financial adviser exodus puts $900 billion in play
Mass financial adviser exodus puts $900 billion in play Australian Financial Review May 23 2018 11:00 PM Alice Uribe EXCLUSIVE A mass exodus of financial planners over the next five years will put...
View ArticleBFCSA: Banking royal commission warned rigid lending would lead to economic...
Banking royal commission warned rigid lending would lead to economic gridlock Australian Financial Review May 23 2018 7:00 PM James Frost Westpac and ANZ drove home the consequences of rigid credit...
View ArticleBFCSA: Why are banks so afraid to call a loan to small business a loan?
Why are banks so afraid to call a loan to small business a loan? The Australian 12:00am May 24, 2018 Ben Butler Bankers called it “supporting small business”, but a better phrase might be “lending...
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