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Former ASIC lawyer joins private firm

ELIZA BAVIN | MONDAY, 20 APR 2020

... Governance Consulting and has previously served as special counsel at GRT Lawyers. "Symons is a seasoned financial services lawyer with experience on both the contentious and non-contentious sides of the financial regulation spectrum," the law firm said. ...

Future Fund board members reappointed

KANIKA SOOD | FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020

... statement. Kay has worked in finance in executive and non-executive roles for about 30 years. She is a former banker and lawyer, working at Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan and Linklaters & Paines in London, New York and Australia. She is currently a director ...

MLC Life executive joins AFCA

HARRISON WORLEY | FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020

... link with the authority in June. She is also the former chief executive of AIA New Zealand, and has previously worked as a lawyer for ASIC and Clayton Utz. Meanwhile, Gray will join the authority in May after leading the national superannuation practice ...

It's not you, it's quarantine

ELIZA BAVIN | THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020

Many financial advisers may need to gear up to handle the aftermath of couples growing apart as they're forced together. China was expecting a boom in births when it eased mandatory quarantine laws, instead it has seen a surge in divorce applications. ...

Shortseller ordered to pay $900,000 by court

KANIKA SOOD | THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020

The New South Wales supreme court has ordered Bonitas Research and its principal Matthew Wiechert to pay about $900,000 in damages and costs to ASX-listed Rural Funds Management. Texas-based Bonitas, last August, published a report alleging RFF was ...

Call for pause on default insurance changes

HARRISON WORLEY | FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020

... reforms is set to take effect from April 1, putting vulnerable Australians at risk, according to Slater and Gordon principal lawyer Annemarie Gambera. "When people are facing financial uncertainty or the potential of being ill, they need to ensure they ...

ASIC drags CFS to court over MySuper

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020

ASIC has commenced civil proceedings in the Federal Court against Colonial First State, alleging that it engaged in misleading communication with members. Following the introduction of legislation in 2012 that required trustees to offer members a default ...

IOOF restructures leadership team

HARRISON WORLEY | MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020

An internal restructure in IOOF's leadership team is complete, with three general managers promoted to the firm's c-suite. IOOF general manager of distribution Mark Oliver has been promoted to chief distribution officer, while the firm's general manager ...

Evans Dixon hires former Macquarie chair

KANIKA SOOD | FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020

... Macquarie Group, Origin Energy, Healthscope and Citadel. He currently chairs Telix Pharmaceuticals. He worked as a commercial lawyer from 1970 to 2004 as a partner at Allens Arthur Robinson. "I am very pleased that a director of Mr McCann's abilities ...

IOOF faces new class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020

Shine Lawyers today commenced a new class action against IOOF on behalf of shareholders. Shine Lawyers conducted an investigation into misconduct at IOOF which included obtaining a Federal Court order for IOOF to produce documents relevant to the alleged ...

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Qualitas scores $550m mandate

ELIZA BAVIN

Qualitas won the mandate from a new global institutional investor based in North America.

ASIC alerts licensees to experienced pathway deadlines

ANDREW MCKEAN

ASIC has issued a reminder to the Australian Financial Services (AFS) licensees regarding the upcoming notification obligations related to the new experienced provider pathway.

Coller Capital hires former J.P. MAM executive

KARREN VERGARA

A former J.P. Morgan Asset Management executive has been appointed the lead of Coller Capital's private wealth distribution unit for Australia and New Zealand.

Partners Group launches private infra fund

KARREN VERGARA

Partners Group will launch a new private markets fund for local high-net-worth investors.

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