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Dodd Frank - promoting financial stability and other purposes
The Dodd Frank Act is a bit like the US financial system it is trying to regulate - vast complex and hard to wade through It creates a bunch of new regulators on top of what was already a pretty solid cast and gives them wide-ranging powers They can not only set capital and liquidity requirements ...
Grizzly times ahead for banks
A consultation paper on the BEAR has been released confirming the Federal Governments intention to impose an executive accountability regime on banks and their subsidiaries that follows important elements of current international accountability regimes You have three weeks to provide your comments ...
UK's Financial Conduct Authority report into asset management: guidance for future direction
ASIC often looks to overseas regulators for inspiration So when a particularly influential regulator publishes a comprehensive report about a large segment of its regulated population including possible new areas for regulation it can pay to take note because it may be a guide to the future ...
Extraordinary new power proposed for APRA
The proposed draft of the Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Crisis Resolution Powers and Other Measures) Bill 2017, will be giving new powers to the APRA in relation to the authorised non-operating holding company and other related bodies corporate of APRA-regulated entities ...
Spring overhaul of Australia's market licensing regime
Australias market licensing regime has long been crying out for an overhaul with regulatory guidance that largely dates back to the early 2000s struggling in the face of significant developments in financial markets since then Fortunately ASIC has taken heed and is due to release an updated market ...
Allens advises on NAB's record-breaking A$5.5 billion entitlement offer
Allens has advised Macquarie Capital (Australia) Limited, Merrill Lynch Equities (Australia) Limited and Morgan Stanley Australia Securities Limited as the joint lead managers and underwriters of ...
Allens advises on groundbreaking renewable energy funding deal
Allens has advised Infrastructure Capital Group ( ICG ) on the successful A$205 million issue in the US Private Placement ( USPP ) market by Hallett Hill No.2 Wind Farm. The transaction is ...
Allens acts on offer of Convertible Preference Shares 2 by Bendigo and Adelaide Bank
Allens has advised Bendigo and Adelaide Bank on its A$250 million offer of Convertible Preference Shares 2 (CPS2) which will qualify as additional Tier 1 Capital. The offer is being undertaken in ...
Allens advises QBE Insurance Limited on equity raising
Allens has advised QBE Insurance Group Limited in connection with their A$810 million equity raising. The equity raising comprises an A$650 million underwritten institutional share placement and a ...
Allens acts on first wholesale Tier 2 issue under new Basel
Allens has advised Bendigo and Adelaide Bank on the first wholesale Tier 2 subordinated note issuance by an Australian domestic bank since the Basel III rules in relation to regulatory capital came ...