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ASIC takes Linchpin, Endeavour directors to court

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
ASIC has commenced civil proceedings against current and former directors of Linchpin Capital and Endeavour Securities for alleged breaches of duties. The defendants in the proceedings are Ian Williams, Paul Raftery, Paul Neilson and Peter Daly. Williams ...

Former analyst gets three year sentence

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... seeks to uphold very high standards which are reflected in its Code of Ethics, and takes an extremely serious view of any breach of those standards. "As soon as we were aware that Mr Ho had breached those standards, his employment was terminated. We ...

NAB fined over fees for no service

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
The Federal Court of Australia has fined National Australia Bank $57.5 million over deceptive and misleading conduct. The proceedings commenced in 2018 and were initially brought by ASIC against NAB units NULIS and MLC Nominees for the charging of plan ...

WAM wins Blue Sky bid, appoints directors

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
Shareholders of embattled alternatives investments company Blue Sky have voted in favour of joining the Wilson Asset Management stable at an extraordinary general meeting held yesterday afternoon. The investment company's name will be changed to WAM ...

Count Financial faces class action

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
Class action proceedings have been filed against Count Financial, a former subsidiary of Commonwealth Bank of Australia after contravening its obligations under the Corporations Act. The proceedings filed by Piper Alderman in the Federal Court of Australia ...

Labor says yes, economists say no to SG rise

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... all the time but they're going home every week with 15.6%." "The gall of it, the heartlessness of it and, of course, the breach of the election promise of it." Meanwhile, a poll conducted by the Economic Society of Australia (ESA) showed two-thirds of ...

Liberal senator slams super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
A Liberal senator launched an attack against the superannuation industry, accusing the federal opposition of being communists and bowing to industry funds. A war of words broke out in the upper house yesterday when Liberals, who have been working for ...

APRA issues new licence conditions on NULIS

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
APRA has issued directions and imposed new licence conditions on NULIS Nominees to improve its governance and controls to ensure members' best interests. The directions and additional licence conditions require NULIS to record how it considers members' ...

Shareholders approve Aon, WTW merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
Despite ongoing objection elsewhere, shareholders have approved the merger of Aon and Willis Towers Watson. Shareholders in Aon and Willis Towers Watson voted for all proposals necessary to see the merger through at their respective extraordinary general ...

ASIC drops CBA investigation

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
Commonwealth Bank has announced the corporate watchdog will not be taking any action against the bank nor its directors over a money laundering and counter-terrorism scandal identified by AUSTRAC three years ago. In an ASX announcement, CBA told investors ...