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Court makes orders in ASIC versus TAL

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
The Federal Court yesterday made orders in ASIC's December 2019 case against TAL, which stems from a Royal Commission case study. The matter relates to a TAL income protection customer, who in January 2014 made a claim on her policy after being ...

The trouble with best financial interests duty

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2021
The best financial interests duty reform has major loopholes and lacks guidance from regulators, leading to major confusion for superannuation trustees. The fourth element of the proposed Your Future, Your Super reforms should be abandoned, according ...

Integrity Life updates product offering

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
... for You policyholders can access a professional services benefit of up to $3000 reimbursed for an adviser, accountant or lawyer to prepare a plan. If the policy is for a business and the policyholder is the owner, partner, or shareholder they can increase ...

AustralianSuper breached member's privacy: Regulator

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
The $180 billion superannuation fund has been ordered to audit certain procedures, after a member's complaint to a federal regulator found the fund interfered with their privacy. The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) on December ...

Class action launched against OnePath

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JAN 2021
... ANZ Bank, for mediocre returns, rather than seeking the best possible interest rate for cash. Slater and Gordon principal lawyer Kirsten Morrison said: "Over several years, the trustee invested members' cash with parent company ANZ Bank. They did not ...

Woman allegedly left out of will because she was born by artificial insemination

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
One of Australia's richest families is locked in a legal dispute over their father's will, which left out a child conceived by artificial insemination. The case raises the question - are children born by sperm donors or artificial insemination ...

QMV hires technology lead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
... Mallesons in Melbourne and British Telecom in the United Kingdom. For the first 10 years of his career, Clamp was a qualified lawyer, having worked seven years at Linklaters in London, advising companies across industries on corporate finance and other ...

Rest climate case dismissed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2020
The Federal Court case brought by Mark McVeigh against the $57 billion industry super fund has been dismissed. The case was scheduled to be heard today but Justice Perram ordered that by consent the case was to be dismissed. McVeigh and Rest have been ...

CFS Investments chair to retire

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
... chair, sitting on the board for over 15 years, starting as a non-executive director in February 2004. Ward was a commercial lawyer for 28 years and was NAB's general counsel for Australia between December 2005 and February 2011. She was a previous ...

Sydney multi-boutique hires from Perpetual

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
... Australia for five years, and was a finalist for the Corporate Counsel Awards 2020 in the category of 'Financial Services Lawyer of the Year'. "Greg brings a great deal of expertise to our organisation and his experience within funds management ...