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Primary digs heels on Aurora fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... from an older shareholder register. Aurora said it had asked ASIC not to register the resolutions and threatened to go to court with Primary to contest the meeting's validity. Smith said Primary was four days late in mailing 90 of the 370 shareholders. ...

Investors rage coup against Aurora

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
... ASIC, asking it to not register the resolutions passed. It repeated its previous stance that Primary would have to go to the court for Aurora to accept the resolutions passed at the meeting convened by it. When Primary tossed its hat in the ring on January ...

Former adviser faces Supreme Court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
A former financial adviser will face ASIC in the Supreme Court of Queensland for operating an unlicensed advice business and receiving kickbacks from property developers for referring investors. The corporate regulator has commenced proceedings against ...

MLC Centre goes on the market

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
... has generated exceptional returns. Over the past five years, the income profile of the MLC Centre has been boosted by food court upgrades and a re-leasing program within the office tower. The divestment would see GPT's Sydney office exposure drop by ...

Budget surplus unlikely as economy stalls: Fitch

OSKAH DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
Economic slowdown and waning tax revenue is set to delay the Federal Government's 2019/20 financial year surplus, according to market analysts at Fitch Solutions. In December 2018, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Finance Minister Mathias Cormann announced ...

ClearView director dismissed of charges

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
... laid against ClearView Wealth non-executive director David Brown by Papua New Guinea police in August were dismissed in court on Friday. Brown is the chief investment officer for PNG's National Superannuation Fund (NASFUND). On 30 July 2018, Brown was ...

The problem the Productivity Commission is trying to fix

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... particularly damaging. Coming on top of the Royal Commission inquiry, the financial advice FASEA reforms and controversial Federal Court rulings that will redefine financial advice, the PC's report paints a picture of profound market and regulatory ...

ASIC and Westpac court battle sees mixed outcome

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 JAN 2019
A landmark Federal Court judgment has provided greater clarity between general and personal financial advice, ruling in favour of Westpac's position. Yet the bank still managed to breach the Corporations Act. Judge Jacqueline Gleeson said ASIC failed ...

IOOF appoints independent reviewer

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 JAN 2019
... APRA's Show Cause Notice. "Given the overlap between those matters and the other matters currently before the Federal Court, the AREs have not responded in detail to APRA's preliminary views set out in the Show Cause Notice," IOOF said.

Ten stories that defined the Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... corporate regulator's preference to negotiate outcomes with entities who broke the law, instead of taking the issues to court. Banks vow to end grandfathered commissions Just weeks after the interim report was released, the peak body for Australia's ...