NSW SUPREME COURT
Funds management
ASIC has enacted civil penalty proceedings against Fiducian Investment Management Services alleging it breached its duties as a responsible entity and engaged in misleadi...
Policy & Regulation
A NSW Supreme Court Judge has admonished the Australian Financial Complaints Authority for stepping beyond what is appropriate by “joining the fray” to prompt the filing ...
Policy & Regulation
IOOF has walked away from a class action initiated against it in the wake of the Royal Commission and action by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority with a quie...
Superannuation
The decision by the owners of research and ratings house Zenith to call off their bid for Chant West has resulted in the initiation of court action....
Superannuation
Conflicted fees are once again a hot legal topic, with Suncorp being hit with a class action in the New South Wales Supreme Court over superannuation commissions paid to ...
Funds management
The NSW Supreme Court delivered a verdict in which its sates that Aurora was not property removed and Primary Securities not properly appointed as the responsible entity ...
Policy & Regulation
Plaintiff law firm, Slater and Gordon has secured a $28.5 million settlement out of its six-year class action against Australian Executor Trustees as the trustee for Prov...
Life/Risk
The Supreme Court of New South Wales has heard a case on encumbered property which was resolved against a contrary intention....
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