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Hot Docs 2021: Meet the Toronto activists taking on Uber
As films about gig work screen at Hot Docs, a new coalition wants to change the public narrative around ride-hailing and delivery apps By Julia Mastroianni
Samuel Engelking
The subject of a short doc, RideFairTO s JJ Fueser, Brendan Agnew-Iler and Thorben Wieditz want to change how Torontonians think about gig work.
RIDE FAIR (Javier Lovera), 7 minutes;
THE GIG IS UP (Shannon Walsh), 88 minutes. Both films available Thursday (April 29) at 10 am to May 9. hotdocs.ca
In the short documentary Ride Fair, JJ Fueser, Brendan Agnew-Iler and Thorben Wieditz meet virtually to discuss how private tech companies are increasingly becoming entwined in public policy.
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The financial adviser who has taken on the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) over the size of its levy increase is now urging the Federal Government to adopt the US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) model for having wrong-doers foot the bill for their own wrongdoing.
The principal of small planning firm Shenton Limited, Ross Smith, wrote to the Commonwealth Ombudsman complaining the rise in the ASIC levy risked making his business insolvent and suggesting that small licensees were, by ASIC’s own admission, being made to foot the bill for regulatory action largely directed against the major institutions, particularly around fee for no service.
Anatomy of a hedge fund hack
The complexity of scams, and the time and money fraudsters are prepared to invest, highlight a growing threat to smaller financial services firms.
Laurence Fletcher
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London | It was only when John made a final phone call to confirm the transfer of about €10 million ($15.6 million) to his family trust that he realised he was about to fall victim to a highly sophisticated financial scam.
A fraudster had spent two months pretending to be one of John’s business associates in order to gain his confidence and trick him into diverting a standard loan repayment to a different bank account.
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