Benefits of Regular Compliance Testing
As a broker operating in the mortgage industry it is important for you to ensure you are providing a great service within the regulations. This is a basic expectation of you as a professional in th...
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The Future of HEM
QED Risk Services has noted recent commentary stating that the Household Expenditure Measure (HEM) is "likely to be abandoned". Not only did QED see this one coming once we re...
ASIC's next focus: A Licensee's 'general' conduct obligations'
Many conversations that the QED team has with brokers hinge on 'what's coming', particularly from ASIC but, increasingly so, from lenders. The law hasn't changed for some time now, so there are no ...
Shadow shopping of Brokers
Following on from the recently published “shadow shop” exercise undertaken by Choice magazine and the MFAA-commissioned Ernst & Young consumer survey, recent experiences by two of Q...
Australian Privacy Law changes effective 12 March 2014 - 3 things brokers need to know
Much commentary has been in circulation recently about changes to the Australian Privacy Act 1988, which will take effect from 12 March 2014 and how this will affect mortgage brokers. QED Risk Serv...