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Can super really help housing affordability (and I have not asked should it)?
The 2017 Budget included proposals intended to reduce pressure on housing affordability Two of them use the superannuation system to do so the First Home Super Saver Scheme and the Reducing Barriers to Downsizing proposal Partner Michelle Levy examines the schemes in more detail ...
Allens advises lenders on $22 billion debt financing
Allens has acted for a syndicate of 20 lenders that is providing the $22 billion needed for shopping centre group Westfield Group to complete its restructure and merge its Australian and New Zealan ...
FoFA Amendment Bill introduced into Parliament
The Federal Government today introduced a Bill into Parliament to implement its proposed amendments to the Future of Financial Advice legislation There are some significant differences between the Bill as introduced and the earlier exposure draft version released in January The proposed reforms are ...
PPSA amendments for 'serial numbered goods'
New legislation will amend the Personal Property Securities Act to remove the provision that deems leases of serial-numbered goods of more than 90 days to be a PPS lease These amendments will primarily benefit businesses in the leasing industry and will have a minimal but positive effect on ...
New rules on foreign investment in Vietnamese credit institutions
The long-anticipated changes to the rules on foreign investment in Vietnamese credit institutions allowing greater levels of foreign investment particularly in the case of weak banks will soon come into effect Partner Robert Fish and Senior Associate Linh Bui report ...
Personal advice and the best interests duty
There has been a great deal of attention given to the meanings of financial product advice and personal advice in the Corporations Act and many of us are eagerly waiting to see what Justice Gleeson will say about the topic in the case ASIC has brought against the BT trustees. ...
Michelle Levy wins Partner of the Year
Partner Michelle Levy was announced as 'Partner of the Year' in the Financial Services category at last night's Lawyers Weekly inaugural awards ceremony held in Sydney. Michelle is a financial ...
Allens advises Plenary on market-leading infrastructure bond deal
Allens has advised a Plenary-led consortium on the successful $1 billion refinancing of the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (VCCC). This was a significant deal for the Australian infrastructu ...
The Federal Court on information to third parties, legal professional privilege and waiver
A recent Federal Court decision highlights the importance of managing the provision of information and documentation to third parties with caution in order to preserve legal professional privilege Partner Richard Harris and Senior Associate Elnaz Nikibin report on the case ...
What do the product intervention powers of the UK financial conduct regulator look like?
If you have been following the Financial System Inquiry you will not have missed the idea of giving the Australian Securities and Investments Commission ASIC additional product intervention powers These powers exist in the UK What do they look like This question is more relevant than ever right now ...