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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 ...

Blue Sky enters receivership

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 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 release said. "There is considerable ...

IOOF, ANZ deal not in best interests of members: Morningstar

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
... expects IOOF will struggle with attracting financial advisers and funds, and may also be the target of a number of class actions. More proactive regulation by ASIC and higher compliance costs is also expected. As such, the research house has given IOOF ...

NAB, MLC face class action

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
... phone and customers were not provided sufficient time to understand the terms and conditions, Slater and Gordon Class Actions principal lawyer Andrew Paull said. "In the case of the life cover, the policy was of minimal value to many customers. NAB admitted ...

AMP, CBA respond to record class action bid

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2018
... law firm estimates one-third of Australian adults may be eligible to join the action. Slater and Gordon head of class actions Ben Hardwick said the fee gouging and paying out of un-competitive interest rates for Australians who hold part of their super ...

Netwealth boosts class action involvement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
In its latest round of platform enhancements, Netwealth has added the ability for investors to participate in class actions. As of this month, Netwealth has made available information on open class actions within the platform's Corporate Actions ...