Consumer compensation scheme needed to restore confidence
(Online 28/10/08)
... market-linked investments such as cash management trusts and property trusts. CHOICE says consumers who have suffered loss because of wrongdoing by financial advisers and service providers should be entitled to compensation for losses even where the guilty party is unable to pay, for example due to ...
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Independent financial advice elusive
(Online 01/08)
If a financial planner accepts commissions, they can't claim the advice they give you is independent or unbiased.
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Financial planners put to the test (archived)
(Online 02/03)
The quality of advice given by some financial planners in our new survey is frighteningly poor.
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Small steps on compensation for financial loss from poor advice
(Online 11/07)
CHOICE welcomes proposals released by ASIC today to improve the professional indemnity insurance required to be held by financial planners and other AFS Licensees.
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Financial advice
(Online 07/05)
More and more Australians are in need of financial advice. But independent, expert advice for consumers about superannuation and other investments is hard to find.
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Conflicts of interest
(Online 04/08)
Choice wants to see an end to conflicts of interest caused by commissions. Conflicts can mean an advisers interests are placed ahead of the consumers'.
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Risky home loans
(Online 02/08)
We expose the traps of new types of loans marketed as being affordable, including 40-year mortgages and no-deposit home loans.
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Redundancy survival guide
(Online 08/05)
Practical steps for keeping your finances on track after being retrenched or made redundant.
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Negative gearing
(Online 07/06)
An easy way to profit from residential property or a fashionable way to lose money?
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Reverse mortgages
(Online 06/08)
A reverse mortgage can dramatically reduce your options and lock you into staying put till you die.
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