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Allens' clean sweep of banking and finance league tables
Securing the number one ranking (1H2019) for syndicated loans across: Bloomberg's APAC (ex-Japan) Loans: Legal Adviser - Borrower, by volume and deal count league table; Debtwire's Asia Pacific ...
Allens advises Cerberus on acquisition of specialist SME lender
The partnership between Cerberus and the Axsesstoday management team is Cerberus' second successful acquisition in Australia. In 2018, it acquired Bluestone Group's Australasian mortgage lending an ...
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 ...
CAMAC's 2014 discussion paper on managed investment schemes
The Corporations and Markets Advisory Committees discussion paper about the establishment and operation of managed investment schemes particularly examines governance disclosure and regulatory issues If the changes are implemented it could profoundly affect these schemes Partners Marc Kemp and Penny ...
Green Bonds have come to town
Green Bonds have been part of the international capital markets landscape for some time and recently the World Bank announced the first A Green Bonds to be issued into the Australian debt capital market If developments in the European Green Bond market are a good indicator there is potential for ...
Material adverse change
In a recent decision the New South Wales Supreme Court held that a sufficiently significant failure to meet budget expectations could constitute a material adverse change and upheld the lenders right to serve a default notice and accelerate repayment on this basis Partner Diccon Loxton and Lawyer ...
Disclosure: current complexity, future clarity?
Since the 1996 Wallis Inquiry disclosure has been at the heart of the regulatory philosophy for the retail financial services sector in Australia Under the Financial System Inquirys terms of reference the Inquiry will refresh the philosophy principles and objectives underpinning the development of a ...
Rethinking Australia's regulatory approach to securitisation
The Australian securitisation market was arguably more resilient than many during the GFC However certain regulatory and structural features of the Australian securitisation market have hampered its growth and the ability of Australian issuers to tap the full potential of investor demand ...
Anti-corruption reforms: a view from the B20 Australia
Anti-corruption was high on the agenda at the B20 Australia summit recently held in Sydney Allens Partner Rachel Nicolson a director of the UN Global Compact Network Australia and convenor of its Anti-Corruption Leadership Group attended the summit and provides an overview of the issues discussed ...
ASIC's (limited) guidance on superannuation fees and costs disclosure
Today 1 July sees the implementation of changes to the fee and cost disclosure rules for superannuation and managed investment products While a new information sheet from ASIC provides guidance on certain aspects of the new rules superannuation trustees have been left to grapple largely unaided with ...