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Court says minister has 'duty of care' in coal investment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2021
... 2020. The students alleged that approving a major extension to the Vickery coal mine in northern New South Wales would breach the minister's duty. The court ruled that the minister does have a duty of care and should not make a decision that harms young ...

Potential small carve out for annual renewal law

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
... not possible to provide an FDS in one day and have equally been clear that it is inappropriate to take the risk, as any breach in terms of the content of an FDS or getting the amount wrong would result in the ongoing fee arrangement being terminated," ...

Former adviser charged with $3.3m fraud

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
A former Sentinel Wealth financial adviser with a gambling addiction has been charged with stealing $3.3 million from clients. New South Wales Police confirmed to Financial Standard that Gavin Fineff was charged with 18 offences of dishonestly obtaining ...

AMP sued for charging dead clients

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
ASIC has taken Federal Court action against AMP for allegedly charging more than 2000 deceased clients insurance premiums and financial advice fees after being notified of their death. The action relates to five companies that are or were subsidiaries ...

UBS, Nomura cop fines over bond cartel

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
UBS, Nomura and UniCredit were fined a total of $585 million by the European Commission for cartel conduct in government bond trading during the GFC. EC says the three investment banks breached antitrust rules through the participation of a group of ...

ASIC takes action against Equiti

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2021
ASIC is taking action against a financial services group for allegedly paying conflicted remuneration totalling $165,000 to its financial advisers who gave inappropriate SMSF and property advice. Equiti Financial Services (Equiti FS) - which is now ...

Macquarie Securities slapped with $126k fine

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
Macquarie Securities Australia (MSA) has copped a $126,000 fine for breaching market integrity rules, making this its fifth infringement in the last six years. The Markets Disciplinary Panel (MDP) found that MSA failed to follow a client's instruction ...

ASIC bans Theta managing director

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
ASIC has banned the managing director of Theta Asset Management for four years from the financial services industry. The banning order for Robert Patrick Marie comes after several instances of misconduct relating to Theta, the responsible entity of ...

CBA adds $32m to advice remediation bill

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
The Commonwealth Bank has upped its indemnity bill to $252 million for dodgy financial advisers who were part of its former subsidiary Count Financial. CBA sold off Count Financial to CountPlus in mid-2019. At the time, CBA provided $200 million in ...

Former Westpac chief executive in new role

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
Former Westpac chief executive Brian Hartzer has joined an investment advisory founded last year. In his new role, he is working as a senior adviser to Melbourne-based Sayers which launched last year. "We're assembling a team of the brightest minds ...