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Adviser misconduct and client losses - ASIC's views
ASIC has released a consultation paper about client review and remediation programs to address client losses because of adviser misconduct Partners Michelle Levy and Malcolm Stephens look at what ASIC says a licensee should do if they identify systemic misconduct by advisers providing personal ...
Nudge, nudge, think, think - ASIC and behavioural economics
In 2014 ASIC started promoting the use of behavioural economics in its regulatory activities Two reports recently released by ASIC provide clues as to how ASIC may try to counteract behavioural biases in the future ...
Support for principals with bank guarantees
A principal has successfully challenged a decision to grant an interlocutory injunction restraining it from calling on performance bonds ...
Another win for arbitration
The FCAFC has upheld an earlier decision rejecting an application to set aside or not enforce an international arbitral award. ...
Sportsbet takes punt on descriptive mark
The decision in Sportsbet Pty Ltd [2019] ATMO 86 regarding the inherent capacity to distinguish of the mark SAME GAME MULTI provides a timely reminder of the perils of adopting descriptive trade marks. ...
The best interests duties - process or outcome?
Superannuation fund trustees and their lawyers including this one have been grappling for years with what the covenant in section 522c of the Superannuation Industry Supervision Act 1993 means What must a trustee do to exercise its powers and discharge its duties in the best interests of ...
Proposed changes to the security of payment regime in Victoria: watch this space
Significant reforms are being considered to the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2002 (Vic) reflecting the practice in other Australian jurisdictions. ...
Lessons in shareholder activism
The Australian Takeovers Panel has confirmed what most market participants suspected: a shareholder cannot acquire a substantial (5%+) long position in a target company and seek to influence its affairs without fully disclosing its position to the market. ...
Allens advises on financing of 414MW Uungula Wind Farm
Once completed, the wind farm is expected to have a capacity of 414MW, generate enough electricity to power more than 220,000 homes and prevent more than 560,000 tonnes of carbon emissions from bei ...
Allens advises lenders on signing of BCI Minerals' $981m financing for the Mardie Project
The syndicate of lenders includes the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF), Export Finance Australia (EFA), Export Development Canada (EDC), Westpac Banking Corporation and Industrial ...