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Class action launched against OnePath

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JAN 2021
Slater and Gordon have filed a class action against ANZ and its former subsidiaries OnePath Custodians and OnePath Life as part of its #GetYourSuperBack campaign. Filed in the Federal Court in December 2020, this makes the fifth class action launched ...

IPO Wealth trustee hit with class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
Slater and Gordon issued the embattled IPO Wealth Fund with a class action late last week. The firm will represent unitholders in the IPO Wealth Fund, which is currently being wound up by trustee Vasco Trustees after the Victorian Supreme Court ordered ...

Chief economist update: Greed is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
... words, will not only save Teldar paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA. Thank you very much." - Gordon Gekko "Greed is good". That was the central message of the 1987 film Wall Street - released in December of the same year ...

Pension funds unite for ESG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... more sustainable future for all." The statement is signed by AIMCo chief executive Kevin Uebelein, BCI chief executive Gordon J. Fyfe, CDPQ president and chief executive Charles Emond, CPP Investments president and chief Mark Machin, HOOPP president ...

Chief economist update: Dow 30 thousand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
... reduced interest rates and asset purchases... and ready and willing to do more if needed. "Be greedy". "Greed is good" (Gordon Gekko) It's very good. The Dow has just topped 30,000 - the highest on record. It's up 5.3% this year to date but those ...

Former adviser faces fraud charges

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... adviser based on the Sunshine Coast has been charged with 10 counts of fraud, totaling nearly $1 million. Brett Andrew Gordon faced Maroochydore Magistrates Court over the fraud charges following an extensive ASIC investigation. Gordon was previously ...

Law firm slams insurer mental health policies

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
Slater and Gordon has criticised life insurers for proposing to dictate who can and can't access mental health treatment through their funding programs. Calls from the life insurance industry for regulatory freedom to allow life companies to be ...

Brisbane broker permanently banned

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... credit activities, after the corporate watchdog found he had falsified a letter of approval for a home loan. Jeffry Leonard Gordon has been barred from the industry and his Australian credit licence has been cancelled. ASIC commenced its investigation ...

Lazard dumps AMP shares

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
... facing class actions in relation to superannuation and alleged fees for no service from Maurice Blackburn and Slater and Gordon. Also in the last month, Standard & Poor's downgraded AMP Limited's credit rating and AMP chief executive Francesco De Ferrari ...

Litigation funding fight heats up

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
... said since 1999 Maurice Blackburn has donated approximately $1.64 million to the Australian Labor Party, while Slater and Gordon also donated over $600,000. His argument hinged on his accusation that victims in class actions only receive about 39% of ...