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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 ...

FSC calls for scaled advice model

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... also urged the government to amend the Electronic Transactions Regulations 2000 to remove exemptions under superannuation law and allow for electronic communications for all aspects of superannuation. In the funds management arena, the FSC recommended ...

AMP, CBA, Westpac face potential class action

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
The financial advice arms of AMP, Commonwealth and Westpac are all facing a potential class action from law firm Piper Alderman. The law firm is calling on any customers who have acquired, renewed or continue to hold a financial product on recommendation ...

Maurice Blackburn slams FSC

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
Law firm Maurice Blackburn has slammed the Financial Services Council over its renewed campaign to allow insurers to call the shots on medical claims. Maurice Blackburn principal Josh Mennen said the changes would enable insurers to only pay the medical ...

Former Aberdeen duo back with Sydney boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
Aberdeen Standard Investment's former head of Australian fixed income and global head of restructuring have kicked off a new consulting and advisory business. Nicholas Bishop and Stephen Fang worked at Aberdeen together for about a decade. The duo ...

OneVue to take Taiping to court

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
OneVue will file court proceedings against Taiping Trustees to assert its right to about $9.4 million sale proceeds of Madison Financial Group and Sequoia shares. The ASX-listed company said its preference is still to resolve the matter out of courts ...

Pershing convicted for client breaches

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... Atkinson said it was Pershing's responsibility to ensure that there were systems in place that reflected what was required by law. "There is a strong need for general deterrence. Even though the defendant is unique in the marketplace, it [PSAPL] must ...

Lazard dumps AMP shares

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
In a notice to the ASX, AMP said Lazard Asset Management has ceased being a substantial holder in the company. On June 30, Lazard sold more than 17 million shares in AMP worth over $29 million. In Lazard's June fund updates, AMP was among the top five ...

Cyber criminals jump on ERS

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
... Australian Competition & Consumer Commission. ACCC chair Rod Simms told the joint committee on COVID-19 criminal activity and law enforcement that over 60% of COVID-19 scams are phishing scams aimed at collecting identity information. "As the economy ...

Canadian pension fund pursues global growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... regional hubs and satellite offices," CDPQ president and chief executive Charles Emond said. Blanchard's background is in law and has most recently served as ambassador and permanent representative of Canada to the United Nations in New York. Commenting ...