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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 ...
2018 Law Tech Challenge explores legal tech for social justice
Helping people who are facing homelessness is just one of the projects currently underway as part of the 2018 Allens Neota UTS Law Tech Challenge for Social Justice. The Challenge addresses one of ...
Allens advises Bendigo and Adelaide Bank on strategic partnership with Equity Trustees
Allens has advised Bendigo and Adelaide Bank on a strategic partnership with Equity Trustees involving the sale of its Estates business. The strategic partnership also includes a five-year referral ...
Accolades for Allens at FinanceAsia awards
Allens has been named Best Financial Law Firm Australia 2016 by FinanceAsia at its annual awards. Managing Partner, Richard Spurio said he was delighted to have the firm's work on market-leading ...
Allens advises on Northern Star Resources $100M refinancing
Allens has advised the lenders on the establishment of a $100 million syndicated revolving debt facility for Northern Star Resources Limited, replacing Northern Star's previous undrawn senior ...
The ramifications of a Facebook rant
The Full Court of the Federal Court recently handed down its decisions on an appeal that highlights the dangers of making unsubstantiated social media comments Partner Miriam Stiel and Lawyer Tracy Lu report on a long-running dispute where the court found personal Facebook posts constituted ...
Is the pain worth the gain?
ASIC has undertaken a bit of a survey of licensees who provide financial product advice to retail clients to see how they are faring a year into FoFA ...
Federal Government passes wide-ranging data retention laws
Telecommunications and internet service providers will incur significant new compliance costs under the Federal Government's controversial new data retention laws. ...
Bank technology failures: A new frontier for regulatory intervention?
The UKs regulatory authorities have imposed the largest ever fines in Europe for technology failures in the financial services industry following a serious IT incident affecting more than 65 million customers in the UK It should serve as a cautionary tale for Australian financial institutions ...
Will Australia serve up a Chilean-style super system?
The Financial System Inquirys final report was blunt in its assessment of the current state of Australias super system noting that the superannuation system is not operationally efficient due to a lack of strong price-based competition The Inquirys concern with super fees and costs led to one of the ...