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Allens insights: Strong ECM volumes to continue
Partners and Co-Heads of the Equity capital Markets Practice Julian Donnan and Robert Pick conduct a roundtable discussion on the latest developments in ECM ...
Costs decisions of the Queensland P&E Court - the year in review
In the past 12 months there have been a number of important decisions of the Queensland Planning and Environment Court that provide an insight into the application of the courts discretion to award costs Special Counsel Rosanne Meurling and Senior Associate Michael Zissis discuss the lessons learned ...
Proposed disallowance of FoFA 'streamlining' regulation fails
A motion to disallow the vast majority of the provisions of the Corporations Amendment Streamlining Future of Financial Advice Regulation 2014 has failed Associate Rosie Thomas and Senior Regulatory Counsel Michael Mathieson report ...
The 'Internet of Things' meets financial advice
With financial services providers already taking advantage of the possibilities created by a new tide of internet meta data we need regulators and a regulatory regime that see the opportunities implicit in the change and not only the risks ...
Can you make a supply merely by tolerating something?
In an important ruling the High Court has decided that a purchaser of leased premises will make a supply of the leased premises when after completion the purchaser observes its express obligations under the lease The decision provides much-needed certainty for vendors and purchasers of leased ...
The fiduciary duty of mortgage brokers?
There is lots of noise about the duties of financial advisers and lawyers including us love to debate whether FoFA has left any room for fiduciary obligations ...
Contract Law Update 2014
Our Contract Law Update provides an overview of important contract law decisions by Australian appellate courts in the past 12 months and considers their significance for the development of Australian contract law ...
Should APRA's prudential standard-making powers extend to directors' duties?
In recent times APRA has been active in prescribing duties for directors of the institutions it regulates In light of what has happened it is worth asking should the question of directors duties be excluded from APRAs prudential standard-making powers ...
Withholding tax on the sale of Australian property by foreign residents
Treasury has released a discussion paper on the proposal to introduce a non-final withholding tax on the disposal of taxable Australian property by foreign residents Partner Katrina Parkyn looks at some of the key areas of discussion ...
Will deductions by employees for home to work travel fly?
A recent Federal Court decision means 'fly-in fly-out' workers cannot claim tax deductions for the cost of transport to and from work. ...