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AMP contests senior lawyer's claims

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2019
Larissa Baker Cook overplayed her role in fee-for-no-services escalation and could be "verbose and dominant" in conversations, AMP says in its defence to her claim seeking compensation for unfair dismissal. The senior lawyer dragged her former employer ...

Senior lawyer drags AMP to court

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
... for unfair dismissal after she raised concerns about fee-for-no-services practices with its former top executives. Larissa Baker Cook was involved in AMP's legal preparation for the Royal Commission, its work for ASIC enforcement notices and handling ...

RC sting felt in finance pay packets

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2019
... services." Across financial services broadly, people only received between 50% to 70% of their bonus entitlements. Richard Baker, director of Perceptor, told Financial Standard the recruiter expects lots of mid-level to senior employees in financial ...

Fossil fuel holdings cost BlackRock investors $90bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
... highlighted BlackRock's position in General Electric, which in 2015 doubled down on thermal power by acquiring Alstom and Baker Hughes, has seen its market cap decline by US$150 billion. That investment led to a US$19 billion loss for BlackRock over ...

Willis Towers Watson buys Aussie broker

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
... Warranty & Indemnity insurance and other specialist M&A products, such as tax (specifically indemnity) and environmental. Baker McKenzie acted for Willis Towers Watson in the deal, whose terms of transactions were not disclosed.

Super smashes best-performing salaries list

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2019
... industry took the biggest hit. Legal generalists working in law firms experienced the largest salary fall of 21% to $82,044. Baker McKenzie global chair of law Paul Rawlinson said 30 years ago, clients might pay millions to have thousands of documents ...

Life insurers prioritise customer service over tech

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
... regulatory requirements. This is one reason investment in technology should be prioritised," it said. TAS chief executive Shane Baker said the shift from customer service to customer experience means consumers can now do business on their own terms more ...

ASIC appoints receiver for derivatives issuer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2019
... legal requirements. ASIC, Berndale and its related parties appeared in Melbourne's Federal Court on April 18. Rachel Burdett-Baker and Bruno Secatore, of Cor Cordis, have been appointed to act as joint and several receivers. The regulator says that its ...

New director at BlackRock

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
The Australian arm of BlackRock has appointed a new director from Mercer. Chris Baker has moved into the role of director, fixed income product strategist within BlackRock's global fixed income and credit platform. Within the role, he is tasked with ...

New ASX governance principles target culture

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2019
... exposure to environmental or social risks and how it manages such risks. One standout is the concept of culture, according to Baker McKenzie partner and M&A expert Richard Lustig. There's a new obligation for a listed company to ensure it has a culture ...