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More from our Gladys: SUMMER SCHOOL ASIC 2009 Our program this year is very much focused  on the financial markets and this morning, we will focus on what went wrong and what we’ve learned...........the principals—taxpayers, shareholders, bond holders and so on—are being very badly let down by their agents— the regulators, supervisors, central banks in some cases (not here in Australia I hasten to add), treasuries, CEOs, Boards and so on............ there were many, many things going on over many, many years that basically led toincreased debt versus equity throughout the system........going back to the 1986 tax reform in the US, we also had the concession that allowed things like mortgage-backed conduits to become possible—where the entity wasn’t taxed and could operate like a ‘pass through’ certificate—which greatly encouraged the use of those conduits to make mortgages. They didn’t give that concession to equities and other assets, they gave it to...

 ASIC ONLY ANALYSED THREE BORROWERS?????   Refinancing was rife throughout the decade!!!!  ASIC had this info and did nothing against the LENDERS involved and KNEW they were using The Fudging Figures Program using a Fudging Machine: SERVICE CALCULATOR!  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. This report remained buried from public view............................No-one from Treasury read it!  Thanks to one of our top researchers.  Start digging into all ASIC Reports on Low Docs, Lending practices and Loan Defaults and mortgage stress and hardship.  Seven Banks involved.....yes we know All Members should be digging.....................................and reading and reading.........................what ASIC knew and when. ASIC REPORT 152  MAY 2009  1 This covered 15 lenders in total including 7 banks, 4 credit unions and friendly societies, and 4 non-banks. 2 The mortgage broker questionnaire was compiled with the assistance of the MFAA and sent to 9 brokers and broker groups, all members of the MFAA. 3 REP 119 Protecting wealth in the family home—An examination of refinancing in response to mortgage stress, March 2008,...