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Grizzly times ahead for banks
Insight 14 Jul 2017

A consultation paper on the BEAR has been released confirming the Federal Governments intention to impose an executive accountability regime on banks and their subsidiaries that follows important elements of current international accountability regimes You have three weeks to provide your comments ...

Vietnam's new regulations on corporate governance for public companies
Insight 07 Jul 2017

A decree that aims to improve the corporate governance regime for public companies in Vietnam has been issued and comes into effect August 2017 Our team reports on the key changes ...

The BEAR roars into action
Insight 26 Sep 2017

The Federal Government has released the exposure draft of the Treasury Laws Amendment Banking Executive Accountability and Related Measures Bill together with a draft Explanatory Memoradum This follows on from the release of the Banking Executive Accountability Regime BEAR consultation paper in July ...

Thriving in an era of scrutiny: Culture and conduct
Insight 06 May 2019

Legal and compliance leaders should act now to combat serious and increasing legal and reputational risk ...

Proposed Changes to ASX Guidance Note 8 on Continuous Disclosure
Insight 18 Mar 2015

The ASX has released a consultation paper on proposed changes to Guidance Note 8 related to analysts and investor briefings analysts forecasts consensus estimates and earnings surprises ...

Decision confirms limits on general meeting shareholder activism
Insight 03 Aug 2015

A recent Federal Court of Australia decision has reaffirmed that a companys board of directors has the primary role in managing a company and that there are limits on shareholders legal ability to control that management Partner and Co-Leader of Allens Head Office Governance team Greg Bosmans and ...

Babcock & Brown - a market disclosure claim decided
Insight 10 Mar 2015

The Federal Court has dismissed shareholders claims against Babcock Brown alleging failure to disclose market sensitive information The court made important findings on the scope of listed entities continuous disclosure obligations in the context of accounting irregularities and potential insolvency ...

The best interests duties - process or outcome?
Insight 05 Feb 2015

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 ...

Amendments reduce compliance burden for ASX-listed NZ companies
Insight 01 Sep 2015

ASX has released a number of proposed amendments to the ASX Foreign Exempt Listing Rules that will significantly lower both the ongoing compliance burden and the admission thresholds for New Zealand companies already listed or seeking a listing on ASX Partner Robert Pick Senior Associate Georgie ...

Clues for industry in ASIC'S Strategic Outlook
Insight 24 Oct 2014

ASICs recently published Strategic Outlook outlines its priorities for responding to the key risks it believes will affect investors and gives some interesting clues into what industry participants can expect from ASIC over the next 12 months such as more surveillance of insider trading breaches of ...

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