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AMP faces super fee gouge class action

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
... Lawyers, alleging it overcharged superannuation fund members fees unjustifiably. Backed by litigation funder Harbour, the law firm filed a class action seeking compensation for AMP superannuation fund members at the Federal Court in Melbourne today. ...

Retail clients win under new ASIC powers: Lawyers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2019
... impose significant regulatory and compliance obligations on product issuers and manufacturers, lawyers warn. A white paper by law firm Hall & Wilcox highlights the implications of the new design and distribution obligations (DOD) and product intervention ...

Fintechs to play vital ESG role: AXA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
... created to measure the impact of temperature change due to climate change on portfolios. "Part of what we have to do under law in the French markets is answer what we are doing about climate change, under the two degree agreement that came out of the ...

AMP class actions consolidated

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
The NSW Supreme Court has ordered only one of several class actions launched against AMP can proceed. In a judgement late last week, the NSW Supreme Court ordered only one of the five class action lawsuits filed against AMP in the wake of its Royal ...

Major instos hit with cartel class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
... complex to bring but that doesn't mean that wrongdoing on a mass scale such as this should go unchecked. As the only Australian law firm to have run and won cartel class actions, we are well placed to run this case." Action is on behalf of foreign exchange ...

Former Beacon adviser banned

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019
... in not of good fame of character. It also covers the instance or likelihood of a person contravening a financial services law by themselves or with another person. ASIC's May 10 banning order did not specify the specific sub section of 920A(1) under ...

Super stability not guaranteed: Rice Warner

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019
Research house Rice Warner has moved to temper expectations the Coalition's victory in the Federal election will ensure stability in the superannuation system. According to the firm, despite the Coalition's pledges to leave the system unchanged in the ...

APRA flexes new muscles

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
... OST by the 31 March deadline. Previously, APRA could only intervene in the operations of a superannuation trustee after the law had been contravened, or where it believed members' interest were under urgent, material threat. But under powers granted ...

Fairness key to meaningful change: Shipton

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
... strong and efficient - resonate well with a long-standing legal obligation of financial institutions under the Corporations law - to act efficiently honestly and fairly. "For there to be meaningful improvement of the financial markets, I think financial ...

Australians demand unpaid super laws: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
... and that legislation is the only solution to an ongoing problem. An overwhelming majority of participants (89%) want a new law that forces employers to pay super at the same time as salary. ISA chief executive Bernie Dean said this is the only fix that ...