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Conflict of whose interests?

Legislation in the financial services industry is, in my opinion, a little bit like much of the traffic legislation in this country – there’s lots of it but it is poorly enforced and where it is, it is aimed mainly at the soft targets. The recent introduction of the “Conflicts of interest” legislation is a …

Unintended consequences

Was chatting with a friend who used to run quite a successful events company…I say used to because he has been directly impacted by the “conflicts of interest” legislation in the financial services industry. As a result of the legislation, companies can no longer “wine and dine” their clients (that is the financial advisors and …

Talk about a conflict of interest…

I have written quite a bit about the fiasco that was Ovation Investment Services, a linked investment service provider (LISP) that was put into curatorship as a result of its links with Fidentia. Well that was more than 3 years ago now and still there is no end in sight to the curatorship – at …

The Financial Coach

Conflict of whose interests?

Unintended consequences

Talk about a conflict of interest…