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New PPP guidelines for NSW
The NSW Government has released updated guidelines that govern the Public Private Partnership (PPP) procurement process in NSW and will provide welcome assistance to both NSW Government agencies and bidding consortiums. ...
Extraordinary new power proposed for APRA
The proposed draft of the Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Crisis Resolution Powers and Other Measures) Bill 2017, will be giving new powers to the APRA in relation to the authorised non-operating holding company and other related bodies corporate of APRA-regulated entities ...
Close and continuous monitoring - the new ASIC approach of embedding its officers in banks
ASIC has recently announced a new supervisory approach that involves embedding ASIC officers in the four major banks and AMP ...
How ipso facto provisions (and exemptions) affect project finance - both good and bad news
This Insight examines some of the key issues arising out of the new ipso facto contracts regime which came into effect on 1 July 2018 ...
New APRA prudential standard raises bar for information security obligations and incident notification requirements
As companies and regulators across the world grapple with ever-increasing cyber security threats, Australia's financial services regulator, APRA, has released the final form of a new prudential standard, which imposes heigtened security obligations for APRA-regulated entities ...
What's next for impact investing in Australia?
The Australian impact investing market has grown considerably in recent years and growth is largely attributed to a surge of impact investment with focus on environmental rather than social outcomes. ...
Trustee insolvency - the High Court has cleared up the confusion, or at least some of it - where are we now?
A recent High Court case has brought very welcome clarity to questions that have long bedevilled the insolvency of corporate trustees. We explain the decision and its ramifications. ...
If in doubt, get the whitewash out
The High Court's first decision on the financial assistance prohibition in section 260A of the Corporations Act supports a conservative approach to the prohibition, and in particular highlights the danger of 'taking a view' on the no material prejudice exception. ...
ASIC's no action position on the wholesale/retail test for self-managed super funds
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has announced that it will take no action where a self-managed superannuation fund trustee is treated as a wholesale client notwithstanding that the trustee does not have to meet the 10 million net asset threshold even though the financial service ...
Fighting to protect Fintech innovations
The growth of financial services technology or Fintech as it is now called has exploded in recent years yet many of its creators dont realise that their innovations are patentable ...