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Fortescue seeks to hide pricing

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... prevent the publishing of its iron ore prices. FMG asserts that its prices are "confidential" and has asked the UK High Court to disallow the publishing of the information. S&P hit back at the miner, filing its own action in the US District Court for ...

AIOFP launches fresh campaign, criticises FPA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... government should listen now or they will feel them at the next election." At the start of this year the AIOFP admitted a High Court challenge to stop the banning of grandfathered remuneration had fallen over as the association failed to raise the required ...

COVID-19 sparks renewed fight for commissions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2020
... association has previously accused ASIC of prompting institutions to turn off grandfathered commissions early, even when a High Court challenge of the grandfathered commissions ban was on the cards. "LIF, FASEA, the banning of grandfathered revenue and ...

AMPFPA action progresses, associations merge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... Speaking to Financial Standard, AMPFPA chief executive Neil Macdonald said the filing of the action was delayed by a High Court decision in December around how class actions are funded, requiring law firm Corrs to sign up a minimum number of advisers ...

Separate advice and product: AIOFP

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
... advice pre-2013 and it is a long bow to draw that paying commissions [would have] made the product fail." The AIOFP's High Court challenge to stop the banning of grandfathered commissions recently fell over after it failed to reach its funding target ...

Last stand for grandfathered commissions falls over

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... The Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals has failed to raise the necessary funds to mount its High Court challenge to retain grandfathered commissions. The AIOFP has confirmed the High Court challenge to fight the banning of grandfathered ...

Grandfathering phase out tussle continues

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
... billion of product failure that has been unfairly blamed on the advice community," Johnston said. The AIOFP is mounting a High Court challenge against the banning of grandfathered remuneration. "We think it is too heavy handed to be shutting down grandfathered ...

ASIC using intimidation tactics on grandfathering: AIOFP

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2019
... around intimidating fund managers will have to be retrospectively paid back." The AIOFP is currently fund raising for a High Court challenge to the banning of grandfathered commissions. The bill banning grandfathered commissions on investment and superannuation ...

Dealer group to fight grandfathered commissions ban

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
... financial advice and lower consumer access. "Our industry is at a critical crossroads. The outcome of this challenge in the High Court of Australia will affect the industry for years to come," Ardino said. "We believe we should be doing as much as we ...

Pension fund to buy British Steel

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
... purchase of the whole business and I am now focusing on finalising the sale," the official receiver appointed by the high court in May at British Steel's compulsory liquidation said. "I will be looking to conclude this process in the coming weeks, during ...