Mark Hotchin is emotionless and lacks real empathy with the investors who have been left out-of-pocket.

Former Hanover Finance head Mark Hotchin is trying to resurrect his career from his new base on the Gold Coast, despite an order that has frozen all his personal assets.

The Serious Fraud Office has laid more than 100 charges against four former directors of failed lender Five Star Finance, carrying a maximum penalty of seven years apiece.

Rules governing the new super regulator may have to be changed soon after it is established.

The Securities Commission has pressed charges against directors of Dominion Finance and North South Finance over allegedly misleading offer documents.

The biggest shake-up of fundamental securities law in a generation is under way, with Simon Power issuing a new discussion document.