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New wind farm planning code and guideline for Queensland
The Queensland Government has announced a new wind farm planning code that shifts the responsibility for assessing wind farm developments from local governments to the State Government and provides a consistent approach to assessing wind farms across the State Partner Bill McCredie Associate David ...
Financial advice and fees - ASIC reports
ASIC released its report Financial advice Fees for no service today It says that there has been a systemic failure by advice licensees within some of the major banks and AMP to provide ongoing advice in return for ongoing fees The report relates chiefly to arrangements between licensees and clients ...
Linklaters Insights: Business Crime Quarterly
In the latest edition of Business Crime Quarterly our global alliance partner Linklaters with input from Allens looks at issues including the release of the Australian Governments long-awaited report on the statutory review of the Anti-money Laundering and Counter-terrorism Financial Act a number of ...
Allens Accelerate: Customer Contracts: How to seal the deal without compromising your interests
The lifecycle of a startup includes many milestones ndash the first strategy meeting the first investment round and at some point the first customer to take a chance on your product or services ...
Improving the role of the Appointed Actuary
APRA is seeking to improve the role of the Appointed Actuary in general and life insurance companies and has proposed some reforms in a discussion paper released earlier this year ...
Paris Agreement on climate change to enter into force before COP22
Overnight the Paris Agreement met its second and final threshold for entry into force when the EU lodged its instruments of ratification with the UN Partner Andrew Mansour Senior Associate Emily Gerrard and Associate Ellie Mulholland take a brief look at the events this week that triggered the early ...
Discussion Paper: Biologic medicines and biosimilars in the Australian landscape - The challenges and the opportunities
Allens is engaging with stakeholders on the challenges and opportunities presented by biosimilars As part of this engagement we highlight a number of key issues for discussion and comment ...
Not better late - the Prime Trust appeal judgment
The main Prime Trust appeal judgement is relatively well known but a trusts responsible entities and their officers should look at what the appeal court had to say on other related matters ...
Bank technology failures: A new frontier for regulatory intervention?
The UKs regulatory authorities have imposed the largest ever fines in Europe for technology failures in the financial services industry following a serious IT incident affecting more than 65 million customers in the UK It should serve as a cautionary tale for Australian financial institutions ...
Opportunities for financial services from the China-Australia FTA
The Australian and Chinese governments recently announced the conclusion of negotiations on the China Australia Free Trade Agreement According to DFAT Chinas financial services commitments under the agreement represent one of the most substantial market access undertakings China has agreed to with ...