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Competition news
In Touch looks at what's been happening in Competition this month and what it means for your business ...
Design and distribution of financial products - regulating 'retail product distribution conduct'
The revised exposure draft Bill concerning design and distribution obligations for issuers and distributors of financial products and new intervention powers for ASIC includes some modest yet mostly welcome changes to the December 2017 exposure draft Senior Regulatory Counsel Michael Mathieson ...
1 July 2018 changes affecting employers, and public consultation opens on Western Australia's WHS reforms
Several changes relevant to employers took effect on 1 July 2018, including in relation to minimum rates of pay, the high income threshold, the superannuation maximum contribution base and penalty rates in certain industries. Separately, WA has moved a step closer to a modernised Work Health and Saf ...
Superannuation-guarantee amnesty, and proposed modern slavery legislation
Two important pieces of draft legislation under Federal consideration are how employers deal with historical superannuation contribution shortfalls, and the possible requirement of employers to report on modern slavery risks and practices in their workforce and supply chains. ...
Corporate governance beyond shareholder interests
The proposed 4th edition of the ASX Corporate Governance Principles amp Recommendations includes substantial changes to Principle 3 Instil the desired culture to focus squarely on social licence to operate with stronger reference to stakeholders beyond shareholders and specific recommendations on ...
Competing class actions - a problem in need of a solution
As fertile ground for class actions the Royal Commission has highlighted an ongoing problem with Australia's class action regime - there is no clear consistent means for resolving competing class actions. ...
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 ...
A development from the English Court of Appeal regarding legal professional privilege in internal investigations
In a recent judgment the English Court of Appeal reversed a controversial High Court decision that had severely limited the application of legal professional privilege in internal investigations under English law The decision has consequences for Australian corporates conducting cross-border ...
The end of the PPSA transitional period - what happens now?
With the end of the transitional period under the personal property securities legislation fast approaching those entities that rely upon having interests in property held by others must act now to ensure those interests are properly registered even where they are transitional so there is no loss of ...
Court refuses to approve class action settlement
In a recent Federal Court decision Justice Murphy refused to approve the settlement agreement between the parties to the Willmott class action finding that the terms of the settlement were not fair and reasonable ...