Stopping The Paradise Of White Collar Crime

The next part of the John Adams quest in which we discuss how people are being ripped off by spurious investment schemes, and how the regulators are consistently asleep at the wheel. This is a problem not just here but in other western economies too. Investors beware!

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Injustice For Sterling Is Injustice For All!

Investors in Australia are exposed to considerable risks thanks to the ineffective regulatory environment which has been designed to look after the major financial players as opposed to investors. And remember thanks to the forced superannuation savings scheme, we are forced to comply.

So Robbie Barwick from the Citizens Party and I discuss what needs to be done to make this an election issue.

The fight to clean out financial corruption in Australia – Citizens Party – Live Stream – 31 Mar 22 https://youtu.be/Hnxya-NjHIY

Mobilise! Call MPs in Canberra – demand Labor and Liberals commit to full compensation for Sterling victims

All Australians who support the need to clean up financial corruption, which must include holding ASIC to account for its failures as a regulator, are urged to join in making phone calls this week to the Canberra offices of the Prime Minister, Opposition Leader, Finance Minister, Shadow Finance Minister, and Shadow Minister for Financial Services.

Demand they commit to paying full compensation to Sterling First-Silverlink victims through an Act of Grace payment by the Finance Department – the total cost is $18 million plus interest and expenses.

Demand the Labor Party politicians make this an election pledge.

Tell the politicians (or tell their staff to pass on the message):

• Full compensation is absolutely necessary, for the survival of the elderly and frail victims, who all face eviction and homelessness; and for justice for the victims.
• ASIC failed these victims, who only thought they had paid their rent in advance for the rest of their lives, and didn’t know they were in a managed investment scheme – BUT ASIC DID!
• It is the government’s responsibility that ASIC is a weak and ineffective regulator, due to its “buyer beware” ideology (if you get ripped off it’s your own fault), therefore the government is responsible for ASIC’s failures and for compensating its victims.
• The so-called Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) does not yet exist, and under current plans it does not cover the Sterling victims; even if Labor expands the scheme, it is adjudicated by the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA), which is another agency that is rigged against financial victims and in favour of the perpetrators.
• As the government has the mechanism of an Act of Grace payment to compensate people, it should man up and do so immediately, and then the Sterling case must become the catalyst to overhaul ASIC and make it a proper regulator with teeth, feared by financial predators.

The politicians to call immediately:

Prime Minister Scott Morrison: (02) 6277 7700
Finance Minister Simon Birmingham (02) 6277 7400
Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese (02) 6277 4022
Shadow Finance Minister
Senator Katy Gallagher (02) 6277 3456
Shadow Minister for Financial Services
Stephen Jones (02) 6277 4661

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The Government Wants You To Live Off Your Assets In Retirement…

New rules are coming in in July, which turns the focus on income generation from superannuation savings, and the access to reverse mortgages in being expanded. Both of which are examples of the Government pushing people to consume their capital in retirement, rather than it being seen as assets for their estate. The implications are profound, and not well understood.

Yet this is a big sector of the market, and fintechs are knocking on the door, for good or ill.

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Now Finally, Financial Advice Is Available To Anyone…

I caught up with Paul Feeney, the Founder of Otivo a financial advice platform “Financial freedom for all”.

At its heart is an easy-to-use app that takes the mystery out of money.

https://www.otivo.com/

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Financial Planning? Hope Is Not A Strategy!

I caught up with Financial Planner Teagan Curtin from PRP Advisers to discuss the art and science of financial planning. We discussed the benefits of developing a financial plan, some of the important questions to consider, and how the current market context might influence a plan.

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You Are At Financial Risk Unless This Is Fixed….

At least 200,000 Australians have lost money thanks to inadequate regulation by APRA, worth at least $40 billion dollars. I am joined by Robbie Barwick from the CItizens Party as we explore this unfortunate but engineered situation, which has enabled the Government to look away, and ASIC claim it is not their problem , when it is clearly is.

As a result, it is likely more people will experience further losses, not because of adverse market movements, but because of poor or non-existent regulation. This has to change, and the current inquiry is a mechanism to achieve this….

https://www.theregional.com.au/post/what-anyone-making-a-submission-to-australia-s-latest-regional-banking-inquiry-should-know-first

Background Briefing on Nicholas Moore and Macquarie Bank:

https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/backgroundbriefing/biggest-finance-scandal-macquarie-bank-cum-ex/13648602

ABC 730 Should ASIC have acted sooner to protect victims of collapsed housing scheme?

https://www.abc.net.au/7.30/should-asic-have-acted-sooner-to-protect-victims/13655976

CSLR inquiry:

https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Economics/CompSchemeLastResort

Citizens Party release:

Call to all financial victims: join the fight to make the bankers and their protectors pay!

https://citizensparty.org.au/media-releases/call-all-financial-victims-join-fight-make-bankers-and-their-protectors-pay

Interview with Peter Johnston:

CITIZENS INSIGHT – Nobody is safe in the financial system unless the Government rights this wrong!

Regional Banking Taskforce

https://treasury.gov.au/consultation/c2021-222961

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Messages To My Younger Investing Self…

This is a discussion featuring no less than three younger investors, as we explore inter-generational financial matters, learning about finance and importantly, lessons they have learnt now, which would have been great to know earlier in life.

I wanted to make this show because I often get asked to step through some of the basics of finance for less experienced folks , and this proved to be a powerful way to start that discussion. There will be some follow-up episodes in this series, covering topics such as asset allocation, and trading. Caveat Emptor! Note: this is NOT financial or property advice!!

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2022 Is Looking Good! – The DFA Daily 16th August 2021

The latest edition of our finance and property news digest with a distinctively Australian flavour.

In today’s show we consider the reality versus fantasy of COVID herd immunity, pressure on CBA from shareholders to get serious about the environment, Bank of Queensland’s unfair small business contracts, some new property hot spots (or not) and we consider whether retirees will really die with money still in super, as the government seeks to encourage them to withdraw more cash. Is this just self-interest?

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The Real Story Of Independent Financial Advice!

A deep dive on the issue surrounding independent financial advice from financial planners in Australia from Daniel Brammall, the President of Independent Financial Advisers.

We discussed the clear demarcation between independent advisers and those tied to specific institutions. The Royal Commission made significant changes to the industry which is adapting to become more professional.

https://pifa.org.au/

You can find a truly independent adviser via their web site.

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DFA Live Q&A HD Replay Damien Klassen: Investing Today

This is an edited version of our latest live stream, as I discuss the latest issues in the Financial Markets with Damien Klassen from Walk The World Fund and Nucleus Wealth. https://walktheworld.com.au/ .

CONTENTS
0:00 Start
0:15 Introduction
1:30 Damien Joins
3:48 Tech Sector
17:48 Rotation From Value Stocks
19:30 Inflation (or not)… Growth…
33:54 US, China and Australian Markets
45:00 Iron Ore
53:00 FED QE
55:33 What Are “Australian Shares”?
1:05:00 Rate Rises?
1:08:00 Property Market
1:14:00 Leverage
1:17:00 Debt To Earnings Ratio
1:23:00 Pharmaceuticals
1:33:00 Super Funds Performance
1:42:09 Conclusions and Close

Original edition with live chat replay is here: https://youtu.be/TiJy-MwHPZ8