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Labor renews calls for banking Royal Commission

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2017
... Ketter has justified Labor's calls for a Royal Commission into the banking and financial services sector, citing a flood of angry consumer complaints. In a submission to the Senate Inquiry into Consumer Protections in the Banking, Insurance and Financial ...

Key demographic trends open new doors for advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
... movement of the baby boomers through the last stage of their life cycle," said Inwood. "We're also seeing 'the rise of the angry', as demonstrated by Trump's recent victory. These are the disillusioned who spent too long with no income inflation and ...

Public sector retirees angry over income exemption cuts

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2016
Tens of thousands of public sector pensioners are learning the scale of changes to their defined benefit schemes that sees cuts to exemptions for the Centrelink pension income test. In June last year the federal parliament introduced a 10% cap on defined ...

The social benefits of advice

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... take care of her two children. She was in tears. He felt he'd failed as a husband, father and provider, and it made me so angry to see how money could lead someone to such a tragic situation," he said. "We're in the position to help people like that. ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

Credit unions mount 'social' battle against banks

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
... research of 1,000 Australian voters, two out of three respondents want an independent review of the system. "Australians are angry about the dominance of the major banks," Abacus CEO Louise Petschler said. "[Our] Balance Banking campaign will lobby for ...

Market shocks likely: Advance Asset Management

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... operating in the comfort or "complacency zone." The divide between rich and poor is bigger than ever before, "the voter is angry, and rightly so," he said, speaking at a round table yesterday. China is a "slow moving freight train", weaning itself off ...

Just do it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
... with 78 billion euros worth of austerity measures (if Parliament decides to pass the plan tomorrow night). Never mind the angry mob rioting on the streets of Athens, for without the 12 billion euro lifeline from the 'troika' - EU/ECB/IMF - even the Greek ...

Investor revolt threatens 30 fund managers

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... Wellington Capital Limited say they have done their best, and that have the support of many other unit-holders in the fund. The angry investors have asked Castlereagh Capital Limited, a subsidiary of insolvency specialist firm BRI Ferrier, to take control ...

Planners prime legal targets for angry clients

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... own, can leverage off other advisers in dealer groups, he said. But even thorough, diligent advisers can still be sued by angry clients when things go wrong. Kelly said even if an adviser was found not guilty in court, the damage is usually already done ...