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AMP hit with another proposed class action

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2018
... it is representing those who purchased shares between 6 May 2013 and 13 April 2018. The latter filed in the NSW Supreme Court and will act on behalf of anyone that invested in AMP between 10 May 2012 and 15 April 2018. In this instance, Quinn Emanuel ...

AMP to fight class actions, prioritise performance

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2018
... between 6 May 2013 and 13 April 2018. An additional class action filed by Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan in the NSW Supreme Court will represent those who purchased AMP shares from 10 May 2012 up until 15 April 2018. In its statement AMP said it would ...

WAM pulls out of takeover deal

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
... Molopo is liable for 50% of these costs. As a result, WAM Capital has withdrawn its takeover offer. A month ago, the Supreme Court of Victoria dismissed an application from Keybridge Capital, which had submitted its own takeover proposal for Molopo. ...

Court shuts down listed investment manager lawsuit

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2017
The Supreme Court of Victoria has dismissed an application from a listed investment manager who was attempting to restraint Molopo Energy from acquiring further shares in a Florida oil and gas exploration company. Keybridge Capital had commenced proceedings ...

Federal Government names Royal Commission lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2017
... of Australia from 1997 to 2015, having previously served on the Victorian Court of Appeal and as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria. "Hayne's wealth of experience at the highest levels of Australia's judiciary makes him the ideal person to conduct ...

Impact of dementia on estate planning efficacy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
... Trustees wills and estates accredited specialist Anna Hacker explained that statutory wills, approved by the relevant Supreme Court and signed on behalf of someone who no longer has the capacity to make or update a will, are allowed in every state of ...

Wills should be reviewed, not refuted: EQT

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
... capital gains tax and ensuring any consequences are sufficiently managed. Just last week a judge in the Queensland Supreme Court deemed an unsent text message containing a dead man's final wishes could be legally treated as a valid will. The man drafted ...

Former AMP adviser banned for $2.5m fraud

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2017
... obtained money to gamble and also replace funds already misappropriated. On 23 June 2017 Noonan pleaded guilty in the Supreme Court of Tasmania to 97 counts of fraud and 10 counts of stealing. He was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison, with ...

Former Garvan adviser banned for $2.4m theft

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2017
... regulator, having been sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to 25 counts of stealing in the Supreme Court of Tasmania on 2 March 2017, following a police investigation. Over the course of four years Mitchell misappropriated about ...

ASIC cancels AFSL, bans former executives and fund managers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
... services industry," ASIC commissioner John Price said. The corporate regulator was also recently successful in the Supreme Court of Queensland, with the court disqualifying four former executives and the fund managers of MFS Investment Management from ...