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Allens assists AGL with sale of Silverton wind farm
News 20 Jan 2017

Allens has acted on the sale and project financing of AGL Energy Limited's (AGL) 200-megawatt wind farm venture in western NSW – Silverton – into the Powering Australian Renewables Fund (PARF). The ...

Allens advises Mirvac on $750m equity raising
News 05 Jun 2019

The equity raised will allow Mirvac to deliver value accretive office, industrial, residential and mixed-use projects, repay debt and replenish funding for its existing development pipeline. The ...

ASIC proposes changes to fees and costs disclosure
Insight 24 Sep 2014

ASIC has released for industry comment a draft Class Order which would amend the fees and costs disclosure requirements that apply to superannuation and managed investment products The key proposed amendments relate to the way in which indirect costs must be disclosed Senior Associate Simun Soljo ...

Senate may disallow FoFA regulations
Insight 19 Nov 2014

Senators Jacqui Lambie and Ricky Muir this morning joined a group of cross-bench Senators in announcing that they would vote with Labor and the Greens to disallow the Governments FoFA regulations made in June this year - the Corporations Amendment Streamlining Future of Financial Advice Regulation ...

Another step towards prudentially regulating conglomerate groups
Insight 18 Aug 2014

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has taken another step towards implementing its prudential framework for the supervision of conglomerate groups While it has made some new prudential standards that are specific to conglomerate groups and extended some of its existing standards to such ...

Disclosure: current complexity, future clarity?
Insight 04 Jun 2014

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 ...

Round 6: Insurance
Issues 10 Feb 2019

The sixth round of public hearings considered issues associated with the sale and design of life insurance and general insurance products, the handling of claims under life insurance and general insurance policies, and the administration of life insurance by superannuation trustees. ...

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 ...

Vietnam Legal Update: New Law on Bankruptcy to take effect in January
Insight 22 Dec 2014

Vietnams new Law on Bankruptcy will take effect from 1 January 2015 bringing in a number of changes including a new definition of bankruptcy Partner Robert Fish and Junior Associates Giang Quang Nguyen and Linh Nguyen look at the most significant features of the new law and note what will differ ...

What do smoked fish have to do with retirement incomes?
Insight 05 Feb 2015

The final report of the Financial System Inquiry recommended that APRA-regulated superannuation trustees be required to offer a comprehensive income product for retirement This rather modest recommendation in the final report stands in stark contrast to the retirement phase policy options canvassed ...

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