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Ponzi scheme allegations levelled at Mayfair 101

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
In court documents, ASIC alleged that Mayfair 101's launch of Australian Property Bonds was a last ditch effort by the embattled wealth manager to set up a Ponzi-like scheme. ASIC expressed concerns that Mayfair 101 founder and managing director James ...

Former Aberdeen duo back with Sydney boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... head of Australian fixed income at Aberdeen Standard Investments and left the role in February 2019. Fang is a corporate lawyer who started at Clayton Utz, worked overseas and was ASI's global head of restructuring for seven years until December ...

OneVue to take Taiping to court

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
OneVue will file court proceedings against Taiping Trustees to assert its right to about $9.4 million sale proceeds of Madison Financial Group and Sequoia shares. The ASX-listed company said its preference is still to resolve the matter out of courts ...

Lazard dumps AMP shares

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
In a notice to the ASX, AMP said Lazard Asset Management has ceased being a substantial holder in the company. On June 30, Lazard sold more than 17 million shares in AMP worth over $29 million. In Lazard's June fund updates, AMP was among the top five ...

AMP, BT and CBA to face class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020
A new class action from Shine Lawyers alleges that more than half a million Australians were charged excessive insurance premiums by financial advisers aligned with AMP, BT and Commonwealth Bank. Proceedings have already been filed against AMP, which ...

Bond investor sues Australian government

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... government has a responsibility to disclose climate change as a risk in bond information statements. Barnden is the same lawyer representing Mark McVeigh in his suit against superannuation fund Rest for its alleged failure to address and disclose climate ...

Insurers COVID-19 response slammed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... insurers would keep their COVID-19 support measures in place until the end of the year doesn't go nearly far enough, a lawyer has said. As part of the insurance response to COVID-19, those who lose their jobs or move from permanent positions to casual ...

NAB Private Wealth bolsters executive team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2020
... joining NAB, Grehl was a senior principal at Boston Consulting Group in Australia and New York, a mergers and acquisitions lawyer at King & Wood Mallesons and worked in business growth and marketing strategy at Allens Linklaters and KPMG. The new appointments ...

Research slams ADL definition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
... paid. She says the letter of instruction provided to physicians varies depending on the referrer (whether it's an adviser, lawyer or insurer). The specific industry designated criteria that the claim will be assessed against is not always specified within ...

Regtech adds to advisory board

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
... expansion into the US, UK, Canadian and European markets. Former AMP director of technology Giovanni De Angelis and corporate lawyer Michael Dodge have been appointed as a tech adviser and legal adviser respectively. De Angelis brings with him more than ...