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New rules on foreign investment in Vietnamese credit institutions
Insight 13 Jan 2014

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 ...

ASIC releases paper on collective action by institutional investors
Insight 26 Feb 2015

ASIC has released its consultation paper on collective shareholder actions which calls for feedback on a draft update to Regulatory Guide 128 The consultation paper illustrates ASICs current albeit preliminary views on the tension between fostering increased investor engagement on the one hand and ...

Take care! Court confirms the devil in the details for PPSA registrations
Insight 10 Feb 2017

In a recent case a leasing company lost 23 million worth of leased equipment because it had registered the lease against the lessee companys ABN rather than its ACN - involving just two extra digits The equipment vested in the lessee company when it went into voluntary administration The court ...

Government releases FOFA regulations
Insight 30 Jun 2014

The Governments much anticipated FOFA regulations were registered today and provide significant relief for benefits provided to employees and representatives of product issuers who provide general advice They also expressly allow bonuses to be linked to successful product sales providing the bonus ...

Federal Court sheds new light on public benefit test in Tatts/Tabcorp merger appeal
Insight 11 Oct 2017

The Federal Courts decision about the proposed TabcorpTatts merger has provided significant clarification about the public benefit test for authorisations This is timely in light of the legislation before the Senate that proposes to combine the Tribunal authorisation process with the formal ACCC ...

Strong ECM volumes to continue
Insight 15 Oct 2014

Recent strength in the IPO market has seen a number of issuers come to market over the past 12 months Partners and Co-Heads of the Allens Equity Capital Markets Practice Julian Donnan and Robert Pick recently convened a FinanceAsia roundtable to discuss the latest developments in ECM Julian and ...

Allens advises ZEN Energy on its loan note program
News 05 Oct 2023

The funds were raised via the issue of loan notes to several investors and will be used for various purposes, including the development of renewable energy projects in ZEN Energy's portfolio across ...

Allens advises Bendigo and Adelaide Bank on the sale of Bendigo Superannuation Pty Ltd to Betashares
News 05 Oct 2023

Bendigo Superannuation Pty Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Bank, and trustee and issuer of Bendigo SmartStart Super and Bendigo SmartStart Pension products, which are part of the Bendigo ...

Allens advises AirTree Ventures on its investment in HEO
News 28 Sep 2023

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 ...

Allens advises Pacific Equity Partners on acquisition of a 50% stake in LMS Energy
News 20 Sep 2023

LMS Energy is the country’s largest landfill gas operator, with 36 biogas-to-energy facilities, 26 biogas flaring facilities and six solar projects. It focuses on emission reduction through the ...

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