The bank, the whistleblowers, the regulator and the lost savings

Adele Ferguson and Chris Vedelago SPECIAL: How the nest eggs of hundreds of retirees were placed, without permission, in high-risk products that generated big fees for the People’s Bank.

CBA

Rogue planner kept job amid forgery allegations

Adele Ferguson and Chris Vedelago CBA was aware of forgery allegations by a key senior financial planner at least nine months before he resigned and four years before he was banned from the industry.

Property

Visibility at its best and a price to match

Chris Vedelago It's smaller than a studio apartment but it commands more than $1.5 million in rent a year.

Bank tried to conceal damning documents

Adele Ferguson and Chris Vedelago The Commonwealth Bank of Australia attempted to use ''legal privilege'' to conceal documents in the event of lawsuits by victims of banned financial planner Don Nguyen.

Planners

Bank tried to hide documents from victims of banned planner

Adele Ferguson, Chris Vedelago The Commonwealth Bank of Australia tried to use "legal privilege" to conceal documents in the event of lawsuits by victims of banned financial planner Don Nguyen.

Banned CBA planners took charge of millions of dollars

Adele Ferguson and Chris Vedelago Seven Commonwealth Bank financial planners who were banned by the regulator for misconduct are understood to have represented thousands of clients and managed hundreds of millions of dollars of their...

Insolvency

Tax Office's hands tied on insolvency warnings

Chris Vedelago The Tax Office has warned that privacy laws prevent it from sounding early warnings about potentially insolvent companies.

Regulation

Watchdog attacked over scandal

Chris Vedelago and Adele Ferguson A senior Labor politician says ASIC is doing a 'crap job' of handling the CBA financial planning scandal.

CBA

Hockey's mother-in-law stung by rogue financial planners

Adele Ferguson and Chris Vedelago Patricia Babbage still gets emotional when she thinks about her horrific experience at the hands of a financial planner employed by the Commonwealth Bank.

CBA

ASIC grilled over role in financial planning scandal

Chris Vedelago and Adele Ferguson ASIC is facing renewed political pressure over its failure to act in the Commonwealth Bank financial planning scandal.

Whistleblowers

ASIC caned over tardy probe on CBA financials

Adele Ferguson, Chris Vedelago and Ben Butler The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has been lashed over its failure to investigate the claims of whistleblowers at the centre of Commonwealth Bank's financial planning scandal.

Commercial property

Steaming towards sustainability

Chris Vedelago A bold 21st century sustainability project will be fuelled, ironically, by 19th century technology.

Commercial property

National Buildplan Group given new lease of life after vote

Chris Vedelago Failed construction company National Buildplan Group set to be resurrected after creditors' vote.

Hockey mother-in-law victim of bank adviser

Adele Ferguson, Chris Vedelago Patricia Babbage still gets emotional when she thinks about her horrific experience at the hands of a financial planner employed by the Commonwealth Bank.

Hockey relative loses life savings

Adele Ferguson and Chris Vedelago Patricia Babbage still gets emotional when she thinks about her horrific experience at the hands of a financial planner employed with the Commonwealth Bank.

ASIC slammed over CBA failure

Adele Ferguson, Chris Vedelago, Ben Butler ASIC has been lashed over its failure to investigate the claims of whistleblowers at the centre of Commonwealth Bank's financial planning scandal in a heated exchange during a Senate estimates...

CBA covered up misconduct by rogue financial planner

Adele Ferguson, Chris Vedelago The country's biggest bank, Commonwealth Bank, concealed financial improprieties by one of its top financial planners who controlled an estimated $300 million in investments on behalf of 1300...

Profit above all else: how CBA lost savings and hid its tracks

Adele Ferguson and Chris Vedelago It took nearly 16 months before the regulator was forced to act against serious flaws at Commonwealth Bank's financial planning unit.

Bank hides dodgy deals

Adele Ferguson and Chris Vedelago The Commonwealth Bank concealed financial improprieties by a top financial planner controlling an estimated $300 million in investments for 1300 clients, many of them retired and with serious health...