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ASIC's enforcement powers may receive a boost
In preparing its Final Report the FSI has clearly paid close attention to the report of the Senate Economics References Committees Report into ASICs performance and its recommendations designed to strengthen ASIC through a combination of better funding an enhanced regulatory toolkit and higher ...
Regulating bonuses: will Australia be next?
The UKs Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority released rules in June this year to further tighten what are already fairly onerous restrictions on the payment of bonuses to staff in banks building societies and certain big investment firms The worlds financial regulators ...
Designing effective remediation programs
ASIC issued Regulatory Guide 256 Client review and remediation conducted by advice licensees late last week In short RG 256 says an Australian financial services licensees duty to provide financial services efficiently honestly and fairly means they have to take responsibility for the consequences ...
ACCC releases draft Consumer Data Right Rules for consultation
In preparation for the implementation of the first phase of the Consumer Data Right on 1 July 2019 the ACCC has released draft CDR Rules for consultation The draft rules detail how the CDR will function across all designated sectors in practice including how data is to be shared the criteria for ...
Design and distribution obligations - products caught (or excluded)
Four and a half years after the FSI recommended a targeted and principles-based design and distribution obligation the Design and Distribution Obligations and Product Intervention Powers Act 2019 the Act has recently received the Royal Asset Although the design and distribution obligations will not ...
Running out of time for retirement income reform
The Government has released a consultation paper on the regulation of retirement income streams It says that the Government wants to encourage the development of more retirement products But this is old news and the paper offers few concrete policy proposals other than in the area of deferred ...
Allens advises Goldwind on Australia's largest wind farm
Allens has advised Goldwind on the development and financing of the Stockyard Hill Wind Farm project, which commenced construction this month. When constructed, the 530MW wind farm will be the ...
Allens advises ARENA on large-scale solar program projects
Allens' financing team has advised the Australian Renewable Energy Agency ( ARENA ) in connection with the funding of three solar farms with combined project costs of $274 million. The three projec ...
Linklaters and Allens advise on Victoria International Container Terminal Limited
On 20 July 2016, Victoria International Container Terminal Limited ( VICT ), the Australian subsidiary of International Container Terminal Services Inc. ( ICTSI ), successfully closed an export ...
Some facts (and myths) about ASIC and product intervention powers
The closer you look at the recent discussion about product intervention powers for ASIC the clearer it becomes that the discussion has little basis in fact ...