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The Public-Private Partnership Law Review
Insight 21 Apr 2015

Partners David Donnelly and Nicholas Ng examine public-private partnerships PPPs in Australia including the year in review the general framework bidding and award procedures recent decisions and the outlook for 2015 ...

The fintech phenomenon - risks and opportunities
Insight 01 Apr 2015

Everyone is talking about fintech What is it And what does it mean for the financial services industry and for regulation ...

Allens advises Cerberus on acquisition of specialist SME lender
News 23 Sep 2019

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 ...

Strata title reform in NSW - potential impact on developers
Insight 07 Mar 2014

The NSW Governments proposed reforms to strata title laws may impose greater obligations and costs on developers that could be passed on to buyers adding pressure to property prices The NSW Governments view however is that these impacts will be offset by a reduction in disputes Partner Nicholas ...

Significant changes to Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal powers
Insight 26 Mar 2014

New legislation will implement significant changes to the administration of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal in a bid to improve efficiencies. This insight explores key changes to VCAT's powers in the context of its planning jurisdiction. ...

Peer-to-peer lending - a disruptive threat to banks?
Insight 05 Dec 2014

The expansion of peer to peer lending in Australia will likely be a disruptive force for both banks and broader commercial stakeholders ...

The low down on tall towers in Melbourne
Insight 17 Mar 2015

Recent press reports have made much of Leanne Hodyls Churchill Fellowship report findings that high-rise apartment towers are being built within Melbournes Hoddle Grid at four times the maximum densities allowed in cities such as Hong Kong New York and Tokyo In the light of this report Managing ...

Guarantors owed a duty of care under the Code of Banking Practice
Insight 21 Jan 2016

A recent decision of the Victorian Court of Appeal has given a wide meaning to the Code of Banking Practice finding that the duty of care owed by a lender in assessing the borrowers ability to repay extends to guarantors Effectively the bank was responsible to guarantordirectors for funding their ...

Product rationalisation - again
Insight 08 Dec 2015

The FSI report recommended that the Government facilitate rationalisation of legacy products in the life insurance and managed investment scheme industries The need for ways to close legacy products has been kicking around for at least a decade and in 2007 Treasury released a very thorough options ...

Government launches innovation agenda - now wait for the ideas boom
Insight 08 Dec 2015

You might be getting tired of all of the talk about innovation and keen to see some of it actually happen The Governments recent announcements could help but there is a long way to go before the mining boom becomes the ideas boom ...

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