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FIRB shines the spotlight on tax issues
Insight 23 Feb 2016

The Australian Government has announced that in applying the national interest test to future foreign investment applications it will be requiring investors to satisfy a series of tax compliance and disclosure obligations relating to the tax implications of the proposed investment and the ...

Conflicted remuneration, dreaming and the law of common sense
Insight 05 Feb 2016

How many times have you heard someone say FoFA is settled Next time you hear that you should reach for one of the many quotable quotes from The Castle and tell em theyre dreamin First there are the so-called Retail life insurance industry reforms Then get ready for remuneration reforms in the ...

Contractors face uphill battle restraining security calls
Insight 07 Mar 2016

The Supreme Court of Western Australia has dismissed a subcontractors application for an interlocutory injunction restraining a call on a bank guarantee Partners Nick Rudge and Jeremy Quan-Sing and Lawyer Evan Lacey discuss the decision and its implications ...

New environmental responsibilities for corporates, officers, financiers and others in Queensland
Insight 16 Mar 2016

The Queensland Government proposes new powers to compel related bodies corporate executive officers financiers and shareholders and a select category of related persons to satisfy the environmental obligations of companies operating in Queensland The Chain of Responsibility concept has been proposed ...

Transparency and Accountability - and not just for Wall Street
Insight 07 Mar 2016

The regulatory law repercussions of the GFC remain endlessly fascinating As an example take the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 2010 It runs to 848 pages Title VII addresses perhaps optimistically Wall Street Transparency and Accountability My favourite provision is section ...

You've got to be perfected - Equipment leasing and the PPSA
Insight 07 Mar 2016

A recent decision of the Supreme Court of New South Wales has again illustrated the potentially severe consequences for lessors of equipment and other goods under the vesting provisions of the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 Cth The lease can be a security interest If the lessors dont perfect ...

Bitter Harvest yields fertile ground for MIS reform
Insight 05 Apr 2016

Last month the Senate Economics References Committee handed down its long-awaited report on the structure and development of agribusiness-managed investment schemes The Committees inquiry into agribusiness schemes had been instigated in June 2014 by Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson While there had ...

Spotting hurdles in the race to market Australian funds in Asia
Insight 05 Apr 2016

The introduction of the Asia Region Funds Passport ARFP has been in the works for some time The ARFP was one of the recommendations coming out of the 2009 Johnson Report and aims to provide a basis for cross-border marketing of managed funds in the Asia region While there has been a tendency to ...

Utmost good faith, life insurance and ASIC
Insight 05 Apr 2016

The judgment of Lord Mansfield in Carter v Boehm in 1766 is frequently cited as establishing the principle that parties to an insurance contract owe each other duties of utmost good faith. ...

Australia and Singapore enter into Comprehensive Strategic Partnership
Insight 17 May 2016

The Australian and Singaporean governments have recently concluded discussions on a landmark agreement that will see the two countries cooperating across a range of strategic initiatives including in the areas of trade and economics innovation education people and defence The Comprehensive Strategic ...

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