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Melbourne advice firm cops historic $1 million fine

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
... to ensure its representatives complied with the aforementioned requirements. The court determined that NSG's training on legal and regulatory obligations was insufficient to ensure clients received advice which was in their best interests; NSG did not ...

Pinnacle boutique launches $250m LIC offer

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2017
... oversubscriptions due to capacity constraints. SEC will initially pay the offer costs - including all establishment costs, legal and investigating accountant fees - and these will then be recouped from Spheria itself. The SEC portfolio will typically ...

ANZ and ASIC settle over BBSW case

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... largely covered by the provisioning held as at 31 March 2017," ANZ said in its statement. In March 2016, ASIC launched its legal case against the bank for market manipulation of the bank bill swap rate, a key interest rate used to determine the cost ...

New industry body to launch

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... FinTech Australia, and ANZIFF. Also partnering in various ways is QBE, Macquarie Bank, MunichRe, TAS, EY, AUB Group, The Fold Legal, Stone & Chalk, Suncorp, IAG, Envest, RAC Insurance and Oliver Wyman. With its key objective being to identify and promote ...

SelectingSuper finalists announced

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
Finalists for the 2017 Rainmaker SelectingSuper Awards have been announced ahead of the industry event on November 16 in Melbourne. The 2017 awards, highlighting Australia's top superannuation providers and industry leaders, represent a significant ...

Wills should be reviewed, not refuted: EQT

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
... a marriage. If a will has not changed to acknowledge this, then there is the possibility of the former partner having a legal say in how the will is administered," Hardy said. Outside of major changes to financial circumstances, wills should be reviewed ...

Westpac faces class action over life insurance

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
... allegedly breaching anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws. BT Financial Group said it will defend the legal action in relation to its life insurance products. BT chief executive Brad Cooper said there are different channels for people ...

Suncorp appoints new wealth and life intermediaries head in executive reshuffle

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017
... Cameron. Chief financial officer Steve Johnston, who also leads the finance and advice function, will assume responsibility for legal and company secretariat. Chief legal officer Kate Olgers will leave the company this month after one year in the role. ...

DomaCom appoints new Responsible Entity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... appoint MSC enables DomaCom to have debt within property sub-funds - something it is in the final stages of implementing the legal requirements for. "We believe that this will be a key driver of future growth given the strong preference from advisers ...

Proceedings filed against CBA in Federal Court

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... Given the opposite appears to have happened here, shareholders have every right to seek accountability by exercising their legal rights in the most efficient and effective way possible - through the class actions regime," Watson said. Maurice Blackburn's ...