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Mayfair 101 in damage control

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
Embattled Mayfair 101 has attempted to set the record straight, hitting out at claims chief executive James Mawhinney may attempt to flee the country and at Vasco Trustees over its handling of the IPO Wealth Fund. ASIC asked the Federal Court last week ...

Law firm slams insurer mental health policies

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
... industry for regulatory freedom to allow life companies to be able to fund mental health treatment rather than paying out claims with a lump sum have been criticised for the unintended consequences these policies could have. Slater and Gordon state practice ...

AMP, CBA, Westpac face potential class action

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... these institutions owed specific obligations to their customer designed to protect their customers' interests, and our claims will allege consistent and ongoing breaches of these obligations," Piper Alderman said. "Importantly, these claims are different ...

ISA, Grattan find common ground

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... future value of the pension to CPI - vastly inflating its value relative to community living standards," ISA said. "It claims all workers continuously receiving the full super guarantee in every year of their working life, despite research showing almost ...

AFP charges early release scammers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
The Australian Federal Police have charged three people with allegedly submitting false claims to gain early access to superannuation under the new COVID-19 measures. AFP Taskforce Iris has charged seven people in total with submitting false early release ...

Maurice Blackburn slams FSC

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... Blackburn has slammed the Financial Services Council over its renewed campaign to allow insurers to call the shots on medical claims. Maurice Blackburn principal Josh Mennen said the changes would enable insurers to only pay the medical bills of a sick ...

Class action over YouTube fundie fallout

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... commence legal proceedings on behalf of a significant number of Woodford investors," RGL Management said. "There will be claims for losses sustained directly as a result of the collapse of the Woodford funds, as well as for 'loss of opportunity' ...

ERS scheme referred to Auditor-General

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... and withdrawals, tax liabilities on fund withdrawals and disqualification form income support such as JobSeeker." Jones claims government ministers and senior public servants have acknowledge many of his cited failings, but said they have not provided ...

Lazard dumps AMP shares

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
... ongoing crisis of reputation after the Australian Financial Review revealed that the company knew about sexual harassment claims against new chief executive Boe Pahari but still promoted him to the top job.

Cyber criminals jump on ERS

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
... July 2020." Simms added that the cyber criminals were aiming to collect personal information to be used to make fraudulent claims of government programs, including access to the ERS scheme. "One of the high-risk issues have been the impersonation of ...