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Cbus board still considering CFMEU directors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024
... administrator re-nominated former CFMEU ACT boss Jason O'Mara, and nominated former Maritime Super chair Paddy Crumlin and lawyer Lucy Weber to the Cbus board following the departures of Rita Mallia, Dave Noonan, and O'Mara in the wake of the ...

Charter Hall, Hostplus bid price for HPI reduces

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024
Charter Hall and Hostplus' bid price for Hotel Property Investments (HPI) has decreased while the offer period has been extended. The bid price went from $3.85 to $3.785 following an interim distribution being factored in. HPI's board said it ...

Clime shakes up board again

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2024
... departures, only saying that it "extends its best wishes to the outgoing directors". Davis, who is a principal and tax lawyer at Henry Lloyd Davis Henry, was appointed as a non-executive director. Riggall joins as an executive director. Meanwhile, Clime ...

ASIC seeks $27m penalty against AustralianSuper

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2024
... approximately 90,000 AustralianSuper members were affected, with total cost to members of approximately $69 million. ASIC's lawyer has asked the court to impose the massive $27 million penalty against the super fund, saying it reflects the length of ...

GQG breaches SEC whistleblower protection laws

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
... candidates responding to requests arising from voluntary disclosure. The former employee, who had the NDA with GQG, hired a lawyer that told the firm the client intended to report alleged securities law violations to the SEC. "Specifically, the settlement ...

ASIC sees case against Rest thrown out

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024
ASIC's case against Rest, in which it alleged the super fund misled members about their ability to transfer superannuation out of the fund, has been thrown out by the Federal Court. The case focused on Rest's past practices around rollover requests ...

Industry demands action to stop abusers claiming victims' super

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2024
The superannuation sector's biggest bodies are calling on the government to introduce legal reforms that would prevent family violence abusers from being able to access their victims' super. Existing laws permit abusers to claim an abuse victim's ...

AFCA caps Dixon claimants at 2773

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024
Total compensation for Dixon Advisory victims has reached $338.6 million as the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) caps the total number of complainants at 2773. The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) calculates that the financial ...

Sequoia professional services lead exits, restructures business

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024
... Jones, Stephen Harvey takes up the role of legal and administration services. He reports directly to the Crole. A commercial lawyer, Harvey is currently a director of Docscentre Legal. Further, chief financial officer and joint company secretary Lizzie ...

Advisers shoulder massive wealth transfer

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024
Financial advisers shoulder much of the responsibility in helping facilitate the massive intergenerational wealth transfer that has blown out to nearly $5 trillion, according to new estimates, as recipients are largely financial illiterate and ill-prepared ...