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Bill to repeal equal representation rules for superannuation trustee boards
Insight 26 Jun 2015

Treasury today released what appears to be an extract from an Exposure Draft Bill that will remove the equal representation rules in the Superannuation Industry Supervision Act 1993 Cth and require at least a third of the directors of superannuation trustee boards to be independent If passed the ...

PPS deregulation measures one step closer
Insight 09 Jul 2015

A long-awaited change designed to reduce the compliance burden for security interests arising from short-term leases of serial numbered goods is one step closer to becoming law Partner Karla Fraser and Law Graduate Katharine Ward report ...

How to avoid anti-money laundering compliance headaches - financial product issues
Insight 03 Jul 2015

Issues of securities interests in managed investment schemes and other types of financial products typically involve a number of designated services under Australias anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing AMLCTF regime However in the midst of preparing governing documents disclosure ...

APRA's assessment of life insurers: 'must try harder'
Insight 03 Jul 2015

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 ...

The beginning of the end of the unit trust's monopoly?
Insight 03 Jul 2015

It is surprising the Federal Government did not make more of its release on 4 June of the Board of Taxations report on tax arrangements applying to collective investment vehicles We can only assume that the government was slightly embarrassed that the report handed to the previous government in 2011 ...

Draft rules published for mandatory central clearing of derivatives and single-sided reporting
Insight 03 Jul 2015

ASIC has published draft rules for mandatory central clearing of certain derivatives while Treasury has published draft regulations that would permit single-sided reporting of Over-the-Counter Derivatives in some situations Partner Tom Highnam and Lawyer David Lewis discuss the implications of these ...

Successor Fund Transfers - all aboard!
Insight 25 Nov 2016

APRA yesterday released a draft guide on transferring a member's benefit from one superannuation fund to another without their consent. The interpretation adopted provides minimal protection to superannuation fund members. ...

The ASIC Enforcement Review Taskforce unloaded
Insight 03 Nov 2016

The ASIC Enforcement Review Taskforce members and terms of reference have been announced The terms of reference are very broad and come as no surprise with an emphasis on evaluating the adequacy of ASICs enforcement toolkit We analyse the key themes that are likely to emerge ...

The Public-Private Partnership Law Review
Insight 21 Apr 2015

Partners David Donnelly and Nicholas Ng examine public-private partnerships PPPs in Australia including the year in review the general framework bidding and award procedures recent decisions and the outlook for 2015 ...

Demystifying bank capital
Insight 05 Mar 2015

Hands up if you tuned in to the Financial System Inquirys discussion of bank capital - but felt you didnt really understand the basics well enough to follow it closely To paraphrase one of our numerous recent prime ministers this article is here to help ...

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