Public markets in Australia have fallen by almost 25% from the highs reached in late February 2020 as a result of the financial downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. As Linklaters has also discuss ...

The sixth round of public hearings considered issues associated with the sale and design of life insurance and general insurance products, the handling of claims under life insurance and general insurance policies, and the administration of life insurance by superannuation trustees. ...

The Federal Court has ruled that adopting distinctive branding may not be enough to get a trader out of hot water if the get-up of the trader's products is similar to somebody else's. ...

Commissioner Hayne's recommendations may initially seem somewhat modest – they do not undo vertical integration, impose limits on executive remuneration or ban bonuses and they do not recommend that directors prefer the interests of their customers. But, while it is true that the recommendations are not radical, there is much in the report that will mean some real changes for financial services companies, their Boards and their executives, as well as for their regulators and advisers. ...

Perhaps the biggest issue dealt with in the superannuation hearings is how various forms of conflicts create perverse incentives for trustees to not comply with their duties. ...

Throughout the Royal Commission, Commissioner Hayne grappled with the difficulties of striking an appropriate balance between ensuring that small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have access to credit, and imposing standards on the provision of that credit to protect SME borrowers and third-party guara ...

In this Insight, we look at the challenge posed by the Aviation Green Paper (the Paper) for the Australian aviation sector to lead the transition to net zero. Released on 7 September 2023, the Paper o ...

AirTree Ventures led the $12 million Series A round alongside new and returning investors, including Salus VC, Y Combinator, In-Q-Tel, David Harding and Steve Baxter. 'We are very pleased to have h ...

In this insight, we analyse the new debt deduction creation regime and discuss its potential implications. ...

IP Australia recently released new guidance on how to classify trade mark goods and services that relate to the emerging technologies of virtual goods, the metaverse, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and blockchains. We outline how the guidance may be relevant to your business and also provide some practical suggestions for dealing with applications and registrations affected by it. ...