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It is amazing that people like you and idontgetit, after all you have seen and been through, still don't understand the damage that double gearing caused you. DOUBLE GEARING SIGNIFICANTLY MULTIPLIED YOUR LOSSES....IT DRAGGED YOU INTO NEGATIVE EQUITY WELL BEFORE THE MARGIN CALL FIASCO.
If Frank was allegedly in negative equity well before the margin call issue, I wonder what Storm's data/Ignite systems where actually reporting during this period and where this output or reporting analysis was being sent ?
Does anybody know?
If Frank was allegedly in negative equity well before the margin call issue, I wonder what Storm's data/Ignite systems where actually reporting during this period and where this output or reporting analysis was being sent ?
Does anybody know?
Looking for feedback from those more passionate about this than me.
After looking through the propoganda on the commonwealth bank deception site.
............................................................................................................................ The whole thing went to hell in a handbasket when CBA requested repayment of the $10M loan that Storm had. This was a company with $5B (5000 million) under advice in it's prime. Even on 0.1% trail that is $5M. Trail was more like 0.2 - 0.3% so even excluding all upfronts I wouldn't have thought $10M would have caused too much trouble to either pay off or re-finance.
Where was the money being spent?? There was the $1M wage bill for EC and JC and gold taps in the toilets don't come cheap but why did what I would have thought was a junior loan for a company that was ready to list on the ASX less than 12 months before hand cause such trouble?
Doobsy how do you come to this conclusion when you consider the real possibility of the unregistered investment scheme?
I think your point 2 in your latest post is the tip of the iceberg, there's a lot going on under the surface, and this combined with the above, creates more questions than answers.
I have read the new thread that Julia has started relating to Risk and it's proving quite a talking point. I understand all that is being said re risk. How does this apply to the Storm Financial case when clients have asked for different risks, banks employ financial advisors and know that every client will have a different attitude to risk and yet both SF and all the banks involved with SF have accepted 'as the norm' that all SF clients are all high risk?
To me there can be only one answer and that is - there is a lot of criminality here.
Many people have been duped into believing that all of these organizations have at least some level of decency.
Our crime remains unchanged - we believed them all - and we are paying a huge price for our crime.
It's very easy after the event for people like Bunyip, and those he represents, to say 'you are totally responsible for this ... Your responsibility was to fully investigate this yourself'. Or one of his latest ...you can' t play catchup. You asked to play catchup Bunyip?
Looking for feedback from those more passionate about this than me.
2. The whole thing went to hell in a handbasket when CBA requested repayment of the $10M loan that Storm had. This was a company with $5B (5000 million) under advice in it's prime. Even on 0.1% trail that is $5M. Trail was more like 0.2 - 0.3% so even excluding all upfronts I wouldn't have thought $10M would have caused too much trouble to either pay off or re-finance.
Where was the money being spent?? There was the $1M wage bill for EC and JC and gold taps in the toilets don't come cheap but why did what I would have thought was a junior loan for a company that was ready to list on the ASX less than 12 months before hand cause such trouble?
Doobsy how do you come to this conclusion when you consider the real possibility of the unregistered investment scheme?
I think your point 2 in your latest post is the tip of the iceberg, there's a lot going on under the surface, and this combined with the above, creates more questions than answers.
I have read the new thread that Julia has started relating to Risk and it's proving quite a talking point. I understand all that is being said re risk. How does this apply to the Storm Financial case when clients have asked for different risks, banks employ financial advisors and know that every client will have a different attitude to risk and yet both SF and all the banks involved with SF have accepted 'as the norm' that all SF clients are all high risk?
To me there can be only one answer and that is - there is a lot of criminality here.
Many people have been duped into believing that all of these organizations have at least some level of decency.
Our crime remains unchanged - we believed them all - and we are paying a huge price for our crime.
It's very easy after the event for people like Bunyip, and those he represents, to say 'you are totally responsible for this ... Your responsibility was to fully investigate this yourself'. Or one of his latest ...you can' t play catchup. You asked to play catchup Bunyip?
I thought I would mention here the principals of the financial advisory firms that Storm bought; remember they were predominantly down the east coast of Australia.
I believe I know, well lets say I am 99.9% accurate that my financial advisor and her partner received about $3,000,000.00 for our scalps in June 2008.
There are lot more out there that could have taken the cash and ran rather than wait for another attempt of a float.
Shibby
Most were paid a small nominal amount of cash and then received "shares" that would have their value realised when Storm listed (which of course never happened).
There may have been some that took more cash and less shares but most I think had a fair bit locked up with the promise of "you will get your money when we become a listed company".
Doobsy
I think you will find that it was $3,000,000 cash now or $7,000,000 shares. If there were a lot of principals who had not recieved their money or shares wouldn't they have been on the outstanding creditors list?
Hey HQ,
Unforntunatly, trying to play catch up is what gets so many people into trouble, It's not funny.
It does lead even the smartest of people to do silly things, It's not just storm. I have seen people risking huges amounts on crazy things like olive groves, ostrich farms, stored barrels of whisky.
Even highly leveraged property speculation, and for some the ball bounces intheir favour others it doesn't.
The above statement from HQ, should be a warning for all the younger people that they need to start a retirement plan early, So as not to be scared into playing catch up.
Frank - Good info for all on the forum.
Can I play devils advocate to keep the analysis going and maybe to be thought provoking.
There is mention of the arrangement in May 07. Can it be argued that the Storm Strategy was exactly the same prior to this arrangement and had been for 5+ years therefore the arrangement did not materially change the advice given to the Storm clients?
Also and I don't have a clue on the legalities here but does that mean ONLY the additional investments done after May 07 fall under the UMIS? Any existing investments before that date do not?
Can CBA argue that the valuation software was used by Storm for all clients (not just CBA borrowers) to trigger Storm to recommend to all clients that they speak with their relevant bank and increase the valuation and therefore access additional equity? Or was it just CBA/Storm clients who had re-vals done? If it was everyone, does that show that the arrangement wasn't exclusive between CBA and Storm?
You discuss the arrangement affecting responsibilities. I point to my last post on this matter. Was the arrangement between CBA home lending even known about by Colonial Geared Investments who ran the margin loans? It was the miscommunication and misunderstanding about who was in charge of margin loans (Storm was by the way - we certainly expected to be allowed to contact any of our clients if it had eventuated, not have Colonial speak with them as they needed to talk to us to get the correct advice of what to do) that led to the increased losses, not the CBA home lending dept.
Look forward to part 3
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