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AMP, CBA respond to record class action bid

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2018
... was unfairly deducted from superannuation fund accounts. Launching its Get Your Super Back campaign yesterday, Slater and Gordon alleged CBA-owned super fund Colonial First State and AMP Super failed to obtain competitive cash interest rates on cash ...

AMP becomes class action target

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... litigation funding group said it will fund class action proceedings conducted by law firm Phi Feeney McDonald. Slater and Gordon (funded by Therium), Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan (funded by Burford Capital), and Shine Lawyers are also investigating ...

Hedge fund takes over Slater and Gordon

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
Hot on the heels of reporting a $546 million loss for the 2017 financial year, listed law firm Slater and Gordon is set to be taken over by a consortium of hedge funds. The consortium, led by Anchorage Capital, have committed to lending a further $50 ...

Short selling is 'smart money': Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
... a strategy's potential to meet its objectives." The recent spate of high profile corporate failures such as Slater and Gordon and Dick Smith highlight the importance of active management in this context, Tay added. Zenith analysed the level of short ...

New life code could go further: lawyer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
Prominent legal firm Slater and Gordon believes the Life Insurance Code of Practice is a missed opportunity to fix serious systemic problems in the industry. Several life insurers welcomed the Code issued by the Financial Services Council (FSC) yesterday ...

AustralianSuper to pay early insurance to terminally ill

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... federal government announced in this year's budget it would change the period to 24 months, starting today. Slater and Gordon insurance lawyer, Annemarie Gambera, welcomed the changes but warned superannuants to consider the effect that early access ...

Greek crisis drives Australian market down

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... surrendered 5.5 cents to $1.935. Gold miner Newcrest was 12 cents higher at $13.09. Publicly listed law firm Slater and Gordon dived $1.09, or 21.63 per cent, to $3.95 after it admitted to miss-reporting revenues from its UK business for more than three ...

Law firm targets disgruntled advice clients using Twitter

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
Legal firm Slater and Gordon is using Twitter to ask financial planning clients if they are satisfied with the advice that they have received, and encouraging them to "do something about it." "Do you have concerns about the quality of financial advice ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... trading halt since Tuesday while it carried out a $142 million capital raising from institutional investors. Slater and Gordon jumped 18 cents, or 2.7 per cent, to $6.79 after the law firm lifted its first half profit by almost 47 per cent. Engineering ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... while the Australian Bureau of Statistics will release quarterly property price data. In equities news, law firm Slater and Gordon are expected to release their half year results, along with biotech firm Cochlear. In Australia, the market's stellar run ...