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New class action regulations slammed

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... investments scheme or the AFSL would be the most appropriate method to do that, and I don't think regulation for litigation funders is something that is worth exploring in more detail." Similarly, Professor Vince Morabito noted that the corporate watchdog ...

No returns in sight for AAP investors

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... philanthropist John McKinnon, the new AAP will be run as a not-for-profit - without shareholders. Only 15% of the consortium's 35 funders will receive some financial gain, investing upwards of $1 million in unsecured loans in the capital raise. For those ...

Litigation funding fight heats up

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
... centre titled 'Litigation Nation' claimed that Australia has become a very desirable destination for litigation funders looking to profit from class actions. "The percentages paid to the very victims that are being vindicated by class actions ...

AMP should stop whining: Slater and Gordon

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... Menzies Research Centre, which claimed Australia is one of the most desirable jurisdictions in the world for litigation funders. Litigation funders have been under the spotlight recently, with new legislation requiring them to have an AFSL to operate ...

Sargon liquidators in talks with litigation funder

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... a litigation funder are ongoing. The liquidators are likely to take any settlement proposal (laying out the litigation funders' cut of recovered, which will pre-empt the debt payouts) to Sargon's creditors. The proceeds will allow the liquidators to ...

Government offers guidance provision relief

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... Separately, the Treasurer recently announced the removal of exemptions in the Corporations Act which allow litigation funders to operate outside the Act, without an AFSL. Frydenberg said the government wants more regulatory oversight of litigation funders. ...

Litigation funders will need AFSLs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
Litigation funders will be regulated under the Corporations Act and required to hold an Australian financial services licence, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced today. The Treasurer said the government wants litigation funders to be subject to greater ...

AMP advisers prepare for battle

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
... support legal action over the changes to AMP's Buyer of Last Resort terms. Having canvassed legal firms and potential funders, AMPFPA chief executive Neil Macdonald said members intend to hold AMP accountable for the "severe financial, reputational ...

Short-seller knife twist for YouTube fundie

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
... Burford. IMF Bentham chief executive Andrew Saker said: "There are fundamental differences between IMF Bentham and other funders. Our investors understand and value this and our investor base now includes some of the largest, most sophisticated institutional ...

AMP class actions consolidated

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
... a sensible basis on which to differentiate between the abilities of the respective firms (or the reputations of their funders)." Maurice Blackburn has been ordered to represent the plaintiffs in the case, and pay $5 million in security for the costs ...