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Litigation funding fight heats up

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
... said since 1999 Maurice Blackburn has donated approximately $1.64 million to the Australian Labor Party, while Slater and Gordon also donated over $600,000. His argument hinged on his accusation that victims in class actions only receive about 39% of ...

AMP should stop whining: Slater and Gordon

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
Law firm Slater and Gordon has slammed AMP chief executive Francesco De Ferrari's criticism of litigation funding and class actions, as AMP continues to battle lawsuits sparked by the Royal Commission. Slater and Gordon head of class actions Ben Hardwick ...

Gordon Brothers appoints Aussie executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... Brendan Smyth will lead the Australian valuations team, facilitating a high-touch and targeted service to local clients. Gordon Brothers first launched its Australian operations in 2017, providing assistance to private equity firms, asset-based lenders ...

Financial services boards overpaid: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... their watch. Overall, the best paying boards include Macquarie and NAB, while the report also revealed Macquarie director Gordon Cairns as the best paid non-executive director in the land, owing to the $1.8 million he earns across his directorships at ...

Few redundancies but pay cuts abound: Recruiter

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... result of COVID-19, many have seen their pay reduced. The magic number seems to be 20%, Profusion Group director Christopher Gordon said, with companies either asking staff to reduce hours by 20% or asking them to maintain hours but take the pay cut. ...

Law firm cuts pay

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
Slater and Gordon directors and senior executives will see their pay reduced by 10-15%, as the ASX-listed legal powerhouse moves to strengthen its balance sheet amid the COVID-19 crisis. Slater and Gordon's directors, chief executive and executive leadership ...

BlackRock lead portfolio manager departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... endeavours," a company spokesperson said in a statement to Industry Moves. Swan's role at BlackRock will be replaced by Gordon Fraser and Stephen Andrews, who will become co-heads of global emerging market equities, while Sam Vecht will become head of ...

Call for pause on default insurance changes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... increases the chance Australians will need to rely on the cover automatically provided by their super fund. Slater and Gordon believes the government's suite of insurance in super reforms should be put on ice until after the threat of COVID-19 has ...

Industry funds a bright spot for advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... analysis. Of the advisers who left the industry, only 14 were from industry super funds. Profusion Group director Chris Gordon specialises in recruiting financial advisers. He said he's recently seen industry funds hiring at a greater pace than the ...

Jamie Dimon recovering after emergency heart surgery

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... rushed into emergency surgery late last week. The bank's co-presidents and co-chief operating officers, Daniel Pinto and Gordon Smith, have taken over the reins while the 63-year-old recovers. In an internal letter to staff and investors, the US' biggest ...