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AMP to release Pahari investigation findings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... will be protected in making complaints and speaking up," AMP said. The move follows public calls from Szlakowski and her legal team to release further details, following Pahari's appointment as chief executive of AMP Capital earlier this year. The ...

Westpac ditches dividend

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
... come to an end. Touching on class actions, Westpac also said it is aware that certain parties are considering additional legal action and class actions in relation to issues raised by the Royal Commission, saying it anticipates further matters may arise ...

Synchron compliance lead moves to AMP

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
Synchron's former general manager of legal, risk and compliance has a new role at AMP. Michael Jones started as head of risk and control, advice at AMP today after four years with Synchron. "Michael has joined AMP as part of our ongoing focus on ...

Synchron compliance lead resigns

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
Synchron's general manager of legal, risk and compliance Michael Jones has resigned, with a new appointment to lead the dealer group's compliance. Synchron director Don Trapnell thanked Jones for his contribution to the dealer group. "We have ...

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank to face fresh class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... and Adelaide Bank on behalf of investors in the Great Southern managed investment scheme are being finalised this week. EQ Legal director Sasha Ivantsoff told Financial Standard that 850 entities including self-managed super funds, trusts and individual ...

Maurice Blackburn slams FSC

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... to be altruistic, the FSC's campaign to change the law has always been a Trojan horse to push past the privacy and other legal rights of their disabled claimants and gain greater control over their medical treatment. "Until the Committee's recommendations ...

Former Aberdeen duo back with Sydney boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... restructuring for seven years until December, 2019. Between the two of them, the duo has 40 years of experience spanning investing, legal and financial services. Their new firm will work with corporates looking to optimise their capital structure, public ...

Class action over YouTube fundie fallout

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... consumer would have. The firm is asking for investors in the fund to register for the litigation. "Working with the assembled legal team, RGL is building on the group of investors who have already approached us for help. With sufficient numbers and litigation ...

Regulatory, legal exam questions trip up advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
FASEA has revealed the areas that financial advisers struggle with in the exam - with regulatory and legal questions presenting a challenge. In the June FASEA exam results for the first time the authority has provided some feedback from the exam data ...

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 ...