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AMPFPA action progresses, associations merge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... 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 to the action to ensure viability. With a series ...

Class action accuses CFS of dodgy insurance fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... insurance as well as total and permanent disability insurance, and this has eaten into their superannuation," Shine class actions practice leader Rebecca Jancauskas said. "Many of these people are approaching retirement and now their nest egg has shrunk ...

Class action accuses NAB of super rip-off

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... time, when they could have been in a cheaper, better overall MySuper product," Maurice Blackburn national head of class actions Andrew Watson said. "This is another regrettable case of mismanagement in the superannuation sector. The whole point of the ...

Wealth giants shrink advertising budgets

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... years, documents from the Standing Committee on Economics show. Colonial First State, which is currently facing two class actions, spent only $1.68 million on its campaigns for FY18/19, down significantly from the over $6 million that it shelled out ...

CFS culls grandfathered commissions, slashes fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019
... delivering better outcomes to the members while supporting advisers by giving them information early," she said. Class actions The business is currently facing two class actions. Maurice Blackburn Lawyers is alleging delayed transitioning some members ...

AMP shamed by CHOICE

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2019
... Commission which has seen a major restructure of the business. The financial institution is currently facing a number of class actions, with a number of law firms competing to bring a case against it.

Blue Sky dissolves chief executive role

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
... of significant instability and uncertainty for all stakeholders, including further commentary regarding possible class actions, turnover of senior corporate executives and departure of certain limited partners," the May 20 release said. "There is considerable ...

AMP faces super fee gouge class action

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
... impacted by AMP's alleged misconduct," Dellavedova said. The NSW Supreme Court recently ordered only one of several class actions launched against AMP can proceed. The class actions of Maurice Blackburn, and Slater and Gordon have been consolidated ...

AMP class actions consolidated

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
The NSW Supreme Court has ordered only one of several class actions launched against AMP can proceed. In a judgement late last week, the NSW Supreme Court ordered only one of the five class action lawsuits filed against AMP in the wake of its Royal ...

Major instos hit with cartel class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
... wrongdoing on a mass scale such as this should go unchecked. As the only Australian law firm to have run and won cartel class actions, we are well placed to run this case." Action is on behalf of foreign exchange customers that bought or sold currency ...