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Allens advises Netflow consortium on $1.8bn Melbourne roads PPP
Allens has advised the Netflow consortium on its preferred respondent nomination for the $1.8 billion Western Roads Upgrade project. The project will be the first road development and maintenance ...
Round 1: Experiences with consumer lending practices
In the Final Report, the Commissioner has found that, for the most part, whilst the legislative tools necessary to protect borrowers are already available, there have been significant shortcomings in their application and enforcement. ...
Cool PE deal: Allens acts on sale of air conditioning business
Allens has acted for private equity firm Catalyst Investment Managers Pty Ltd in the sale of the Actrol Group to Reece Australia Limited for $280 million. Corporate Partner and Co-Head of the firm' ...
Michelle Levy wins Partner of the Year
Partner Michelle Levy was announced as 'Partner of the Year' in the Financial Services category at last night's Lawyers Weekly inaugural awards ceremony held in Sydney. Michelle is a financial ...
Allens advises Plenary on market-leading infrastructure bond deal
Allens has advised a Plenary-led consortium on the successful $1 billion refinancing of the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (VCCC). This was a significant deal for the Australian infrastructu ...
Allens advises lenders on $22 billion debt financing
Allens has acted for a syndicate of 20 lenders that is providing the $22 billion needed for shopping centre group Westfield Group to complete its restructure and merge its Australian and New Zealan ...
Competition news
In Touch looks at what's been happening in Competition this month and what it means for your business ...
ASIC overhauls AFS licensing relief for foreign financial service providers
ASIC has released its consultation paper on licensing relief for foreign financial services providers proposing a new licensing regime that will be broadly in line with that applied to other AFS licensees, but with relief from some provisions of the Australian Corporations Act and the imposition of ...
ASIC clamps down on SMSF advice
ASIC has outlined its expectations for financial advice where the client is advised to set up a self-managed superannuation fund ASIC has done so in two publications released yesterday - one deals with the risks associated with SMSFs information sheet 205 and the other with the costs information ...
APRA's assessment of life insurers: 'must try harder'
As an institution APRA can be partial to bureaucratese As keen readers of APRAs writings we sometimes find ourselves asking ndash what is APRA really saying here And that is a question worth asking when reading APRAs recent letter to life companies setting out its concerns with group insurance ...