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Westpac not evacuated, misinformation abounds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... Westpac's Sydney offices were evacuated due to a coronavirus scare, the bank has confirmed it is business as usual. The discovery of three Westpac employees at its Barangaroo offices with suspected cases of COVID-19 forced the bank to take some precautionary ...

Florida fraudster swindles investors out of $60 million

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
... expenses." Kinetic Group has now gone into receivership. The SEC has charged Kinetic Group and Williams following the discovery with violating federal securities antifraud laws. "The SEC's complaint also charges Williams, in the alternative, with aiding ...

VanEck launches first active ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
... market making mechanism which has recently been subject to ASIC's scrutiny. "External market making offer greater price discovery as there is competition among them [which is in] interest of the investors," Neiron said. Neiron said VanEck doesn't pay ...

Family office manager hires Discovery director

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
A Sydney firm that manages money for family offices and high-net-worths has hired a portfolio manager from Discovery Asset Management which shut shop last year. Peter Moller has joined Harper Bernays, which describes itself as one of Australia's "oldest ...

JANA dragged into Rest legal stoush

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... may be forced to hand over key documents as part of Rest's ongoing legal battle with member Mark McVeigh. Final discovery orders were consented to by both Rest and McVeigh in late December last year. Documents created by the investment committee ...

Rest climate risk case goes to trial

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
... April 17. At a case management hearing, held on November 24, Rest and McVeigh were given a process for handing over discovery documents, expert reports and reply. David Barnden, principal and director of Equity Generation Lawyers who is representing ...

Woolworths admits to underpaying staff $300m

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
... a statement today, admitting that it has underpaid close to 6000 employees by up to $300 million. The group said the discovery was made after it began a review earlier this year after the implementation of a new Enterprise Agreement in its supermarkets ...

AMP contests senior lawyer's claims

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2019
... fee-for-no-service. But that these may be legally privileged and she would supply them in a confidential communication following discovery, she added. Now AMP's claim says between March 27 and May 8 this year, Cook downloaded a significant number ...

Senior lawyer drags AMP to court

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
... above. These may be legally privileged documents and she will supply them in a confidential communication following discovery. Insofar she is aware, Brenner informed the AMP Limited Board of the disclosures while Meller, Salter and/or Regan would have ...

No pain, no gain: APRA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
... trustees will be faced with a stark decision: either to improve, or leave altogether. "For some trustees, the path to self-discovery will be a confronting one, as it becomes clear they are responsible for funds, products and options that are underperforming ...