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Are super funds and managed investment schemes the next frontier for shareholders with activist agendas?
A recent Federal Court appellate decision highlights the fundamental tension in the Corporations Act between shareholders power to propose resolutions at members meetings and the proposition that a company is to be managed by its Board of directors ...
Default superannuation under the microscope
You may be forgiven for thinking the Productivity Commission is fixated on superannuation at the moment Its latest review centres on developing alternate models of allocating default members to products ...
Personal Property Security regime commences in PNG
The commencement of the personal Property Security regime means an important changes to the companies transact business's report in Papua New Guinea. ...
A long time coming: The Retirement Income Streams Review Report
Going into the 2013 election the present Government promised a review of the regulatory framework for retirement income streams Today the Government finally released its report It has been a long time coming And while the main outcome - a new category of tax effective pensions and annuities - will ...
Could superannuation cease to be prudentially regulated?
The Financial System Inquiry FSI has asked whether superannuation should cease to be prudentially regulated Is this idea likely to go anywhere Dont be so sure that it wont ...
Short on solutions for a growing problem
The Financial System Inquirys interim report devotes a lot of space to superannuation but doesnt have a great deal to say What is missing from the report is any vision for a retirement income system and it is hard to see how the FSI will bring about any significant changes It is also hard to see ...
Allens helps steer Burson Group in auto parts acquisition
Allens has advised leading automotive aftermarket parts specialist Burson Group Limited in its $275 million acquisition of Metcash Automotive Holdings. Metcash Automotive Holdings, a subsidiary of ...
Another step towards prudentially regulating conglomerate groups
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 ...
Competition in electricity and financial services markets - common issues, common solutions?
The level of competition in both the electricity and financial services sectors has been closely scrutinised by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and the Productivity Commission While there are fundamental differences in market structures in both sectors the respective commissions ...
Finally - a class action regime for Queensland
Class actions in Queensland are one step closer with the introduction of proposed new legislation into the Queensland Parliament Partner Michael Ilott Special Counsel Robyn Morrison and Senior Associate Suzie Fraser report ...