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QMV kicks off legal practice, appoints lead

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2019
QMV is kicking off a new legal business aimed at future needs of superannuation trustees and has picked a former UniSuper lead as its managing partner. The consultancy firm currently works with about 25 superannuation clients. Recent work has been focused ...

NAB builds banking team, cuts fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
... a separate announcement, the bank said it is removing over 100 fees as part of a fee clean-up program. NAB plans remove legal fees for business lending customers, repeat statement fees and extra fees applied on top of the conversion rate for foreign ...

IOOF expects to reappeal timber case

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2019
IOOF is considering "all available legal options" for former business Australian Executor Trustees, which exposed it to millions in compensation costs after last Thursday's court judgement in the S.E.A.S Sapfor Forests Pty Ltd case. The company notified ...

Former IOOF company loses court battle in timber scheme

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... IOOF and disqualify Kelaher, former IOOF chair George Vernados, chief financial officer David Coulter, general manager of legal, risk and compliance Paul Vine and general counsel Gary Riordan. APRA was seeking significant changes to the identification ...

APRA considers appeal in IOOF case

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
... Helen Rowell said the regulator was disappointed by the decision last week but added the case served to examine a range of legal questions related to superannuation law and regulation that had not previously been tested in court. "Litigation outcomes ...

Federal Court delivers APRA, IOOF verdict

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
... the SIS Act. The Federal Court also awarded costs in IOOF's favour. Australian Executor Trustees was also subject to the legal action, but was not mentioned in IOOF's ASX statement regarding today's decision. APRA commenced the action in December 2018 ...

NAB launches team for vulnerable customers

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2019
... and this new team of bankers provides support well beyond that of traditional financial hardship assistance," said chief legal and commercial counsel Sharon Cook. She said the bank assisted 1.4 million customers every year that experienced financial ...

Research Affiliates strengthens Australian presence

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2019
... newly-created role of senior vice president, client strategies. He will be based in Sydney. Willis joins Research Affiliates from Legal & General Investment Management, where he worked as head of index and multi-asset distribution and increased investment ...

CFSGAM picks new name, updates on CBA separation

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2019
... Mitsubishi," Steinberg said. CBA separation update In its previous ownership under CBA, the company's central functions like legal, finance, compliance were a part of CBA and not directly CFSGAM. First Sentier has now filled most of these functions ...

AMP advisers prepare for battle

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
More than 90% of the AMPFPA's members have confirmed they will support legal action against the group, with the association saying AMP is simply offloading practices it can no longer profit from. The AMP Financial Planning Association has prepared ...