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Advisers file class action against AMP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... he said. "For many of them, it's been both physically and emotionally exhausting. "Unfortunately, the reality is any legal action takes time and that's problematic for small business owners." He said, best case scenario, the class action will ...

FASEA confirms 2021 exams

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... exam have prepared well and demonstrated they have the skill to apply their knowledge of advice construction, ethics and legal requirements to the practical scenarios tested in the exam." The exact locations of each FASEA exam in 2021 are yet to be confirmed ...

Domestic violence super reforms stall

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
Representatives from industry super and a legal body have called on the Federal Government to deliver on a promised scheme that would have stopped domestic violence perpetrators from hiding their super assets from their spouses. Women's Legal Service ...

Forex Capital to face Federal Court

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
... directed towards maximising trading volume and client deposits rather than promoting a culture of compliance with applicable legal requirements". In addition, ASIC alleges Forex Capital established incentives for clients to deposit funds into their trading ...

Global public debt to reach 101.5% of GDP: IMF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
... illiquid but solvent firms from insolvent ones. "Many countries will also need to take swift and determined actions to improve legal mechanisms for resolving debt overhang and preventing long-run economic scarring."

Regtech adds to advisory board

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
... director of technology Giovanni De Angelis and corporate lawyer Michael Dodge have been appointed as a tech adviser and legal adviser respectively. De Angelis brings with him more than 25 years' experience in wealth technology, having developed, scaled ...

Financial institution charged over Epstein scandal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
... over US$7 million, as well as dozens of payments to law firms totaling over US$6 million for what appear to have been the legal expenses of Epstein and his co-conspirators; payments to Russian models, payments for women's school tuition, hotel and ...

WAM makes replacement bid for Keybridge

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
Despite ongoing legal action between the pair, WAM Active has made an official replacement bid to acquire Keybridge Capital shares at an offer price of 6.9 cents per share. The new offer is higher than the previous offer of 6.5 cents per share, made ...

LEI registrations double

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
Despite the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) registrations doubled in 2019/20, according to APIR Systems. APIR chief executive Chris Donohoe said in response to the increased demand APIR announced it was launching ...

Colonial First State cops licence conditions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... to bring the migration of certain cohorts of its FirstChoice members into MySuper products forward from just prior to the legal deadline, and to grandfather certain fee arrangements, may not have been in its members' best interests, APRA said. APRA ...