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CBA looks for plaintiffs to assist in remediation process

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... in the coming weeks. In the meantime, the bank has appointed two new members to its independent review panel. Retired Justice of the Queensland Court of Appeal, the Hon Geoffrey Davies AO will be the panel's deputy chairman. Davies was the chairperson ...

China's communist and it works

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... them from doing it." "I'm saying that because they're communist, because they shoot their own people, they haven't got a justice system and they want to take over this country. We're not going to let them do it." Dear Clive's ranting, in this case, is ...

Abetz backed FSC in case against FWC, Federal Court reveals

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
The Financial Services Council (FSC) had the backing of Employment Minister Eric Abetz in its Federal Court case against the constitution of the Fair Work Commission's superannuation expert panel, it has emerged. On Friday the Federal Court published ...

Advisers eye opportunity in identity theft protection

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
... including RFID chips that are used by 'tap and go' credit cards, passports and mobile electronic devices. The US Department of Justice said that approximately 7% of households are the victims of identity theft each year. The country has introduced new ...

FSC report warns of default super 'turmoil'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
... incorrectly constituted. The FWC is currently waiting for Employment Minister Eric Ebetz to appoint a new expert to replace Justice Iain Ross. Financial Standard asked the Department of Employment when it expected a decision to be made. It responded ...

S&P, ABN Amro appeals rejected in landmark ruling

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
... limited." John Walker, executive director of Bentham IMF, said: "The Full Court has unanimously upheld the original finding of Justice Jagot that S&P's AAA rating was to the knowledge of S&P, misleading and deceptive, and without reasonable basis. "In ...

Retired High Court judge to chair CBA review panel

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
Retired High Court Justice Ian Calllinan will head Commonwealth Bank's (CBA) independent review panel for the Open Advice Review program that will assist victims of bad financial advice between 2003 and 2012. Callinan will advise CBA chief executive ...

BNP Paribas board approves $9bn fine

AFP  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... York Stock Exchange, sources close to the matter told AFP. Another source said each one of the authorities involved - the Justice Department and New York banking regulator Benjamin Lawsky - will make their own announcement. France's largest bank held ...

S&P denied appeal over landmark ruling

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
... case, the US-based S&P should not be required to submit to the Australian Courts. At the conclusion of that court action Justice Stephen Rares rejected all three arguments, stating that the claimants "had an arguable case" and that S&P was "indeed subject ...

FWC halts default super review

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
... Court found the expert panel was incorrectly constituted. In a statement released yesterday the president of the FWC, Justice Iain Ross said that the default fund selection process was formally on hold. "In consequence of the Order of the Federal Court ...