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James Mawhinney files appeal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
... costs," Roberts Gray Lawyers managing director Rhys Roberts said. The filing for the appeal states that solicitors and counsel acting for Mawhinney initially failed to object to the admission into evidence of reports that Roberts claims are incomplete ...

AMP sued for charging dead clients

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
... by the court. AMP acknowledged the action and said it is engaging constructively with ASIC on the matter, with general counsel David Cullen saying the business takes the action "very seriously". "AMP apologises to all customers and beneficiaries who ...

JANA appoints head of sustainability

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021
... to six people, the firm said. Halpern will focus on managing climate risks for clients. She has worked as a regulatory counsel at State Street Bank in Asia Pacific and Europe, the Middle East and Africa.Prior to this, she was an investigator in enforcement ...

Advisers filter clients via ethical lens

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2021
The rise of ethically minded financial advisers has reached the point where clients have been sacked because they do not align with their values. This is according to Zurich risk strategy specialist Adam Crabbe, who is seeing a shift in the emergence ...

LGIAsuper reveals post-merger executive, board lineup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2021
... is general manager, member services Lisa Kay, general manager, customer insight and product Sean Marteene, and general counsel and fund secretary Hamish McKellar. Kay will take on the role of chief experience officer, while Marteene has been appointed ...

Government opens consultation on key advice reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2021
The federal government has released draft legislation outlining the function of ASIC's Financial Services and Credit Panel as the single disciplinary body for financial advisers. The government is proposing the ASIC FSCP exercise the functions of ...

O'Dwyer joins Barrenjoey

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
... Equity Trustees, Kelly O'Dwyer has been appointed as a director of Barrenjoey Capital Partners, alongside its general counsel. O'Dwyer is currently a non-executive director of Home Consortium and recently joined the board of EQT. She was previously spent ...

Climate change worse than pandemic: UK regulator

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021
The chief executive of the UK's Pensions Regulator believes climate change will be more catastrophic to populations' way of life than the COVID-19 pandemic if no action is taken. The comments came as The Pensions Regulator chief executive Charles ...

Credit Suisse confirms multibillion-dollar loss

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2021
... executive of Credit Suisse Group Joachim Oechslin has been appointed interim chief risk officer. Credit Suisse general counsel Thomas Grotzer has taken on the role of global head of compliance for the group on an interim basis, effective immediately. ...

MCP builds out team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
... offering to investors and borrowers," Metrics managing partner Andrew Lockhart said. Felicity Cornforth also joined as legal counsel from Pepper Group. She previously held roles at Minter Ellison and DLA Piper. "Felicity brings addition weight and depth ...