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Financial services class actions surge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
Following a brief reprieve, the number of class actions targeting the financial services sector escalated significantly in 2023. According to a report from Allens, the banking and financial services sector was the second biggest target for class actions ...

GQG builds private markets unit on PAC stakes

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024
... a private markets business by acquiring Pacific Current Group's stakes in three fund managers operating in the asset class for US$71.25 million ($108.7bn). The foundations of GQG Private Capital Solutions (PCS) will comprise Avante Capital Partners ...

Commonwealth to disclose climate risks in sovereign bonds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023
... which the court will consider when making its decision on whether to approve the settlement. This occurs in all class actions in Australia. If approved, the settlement will require the government to publish a statement on the Department of the Treasury's ...

AMP settles class action for $110m

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2023
... misconduct by the Financial Services Royal Commission. In May 2019, the NSW Supreme Court ordered the litany of class actions levelled against AMP to merge into one after the Hayne Royal Commission exposed scathing revelations that included among other ...

CFS settles super fees class action

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2023
... arrangements in place with financial advisers that were not in customers' best interests," Slater and Gordon class actions practice group leader Kirsten Morrison said. It is the largest settlement achieved by the law firm in a group proceeding to ...

Could the anti-woke movement come to Australia?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2023
... the footsteps of the US. The US Right, Lynch explained, perpetuate the narrative that a defenestration of the industrial class is occurring through mechanisms like ESG: "woke politics through an economic backdoor", and that has reinforced the Trumpism ...

Rest switches up recruitment focus

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2023
... great coding skills, you can process and act on information more quickly." Return strategies While Rest is taking decisive actions to navigate the current high inflation environment, building a strategy for meeting return targets remains tough, since ...

Super, advice class actions dampen CBA results

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023
... continues to put out fires from its misconduct stemming from the Hayne Royal Commission, as it looks to tackle several class actions in 2023. One ongoing lawsuit alleges that Colonial First State Investments Limited (CFSIL) kept members from the CFS ...

Calastone reports sharp managed fund flow declines in 2022

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2023
... funds. Fixed income fund inflows decreased dramatically, shrinking by 95% to $562 million. Rising inflation and delayed actions by central banks in Australia and globally led to a decrease in the prices of corporate and government bonds, Calastone said. ...

ANZ to pay $42m in insurance lawsuit

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2022
... we have been able to resolve these group proceedings and that eligible customers will benefit," Slater and Gordon class actions senior associate Alex Blennerhassett said. "Class actions are one way people can take on big corporations, including Australia's ...
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