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ASIC's enforcement powers may receive a boost
Insight 05 Feb 2015

In preparing its Final Report the FSI has clearly paid close attention to the report of the Senate Economics References Committees Report into ASICs performance and its recommendations designed to strengthen ASIC through a combination of better funding an enhanced regulatory toolkit and higher ...

Draft rules and more consultation for the Asia Region Funds Passport
Insight 19 Mar 2015

APECs Working Group on the proposed Asia Region Funds Passport has issued a second consultation paper on the rules and operational arrangements for the Passport and seeks views from the public on a limited number of issues Managing Associate Janna Vynokur and Senior Associate Matthew Symmons report ...

Gradual steps towards online copyright infringement reform
Insight 19 Mar 2015

Telecommunications industry body the Communications Alliance has released a draft industry code that would introduce a copyright infringement notice scheme for internet service providers ...

Project finance in Australia
Insight 17 Mar 2015

Three of Allens most experienced project finance partners Phillip Cornwell Richard Gordon and Ben Farnsworth spoke to GTDT Market Intelligence - Project Finance about project finance trends including which industry sectors have been the most active and the most significant deals in Australia ...

South Australian Royal Commission heads developments in uranium sector
Insight 06 Mar 2015

The South Australian Government has released the draft terms of reference for the recently-announced Royal Commission to inquire and report on the potential for South Australia to deepen its involvement in the nuclear fuel cycle Partner Richard Malcolmson Managing Associate Hilary Birks and Senior ...

Royal Commission: Round 4 - experiences with financial service entities in regional and remote communities
Insight 02 Oct 2018

In the Interim Report the Commissioner identifies four principal issues relating to agricultural lending ...

Controversial encryption legislation passed
Insight 10 Dec 2018

The Governments highly controversial encryption legislation was hastily passed through Parliament last week making it the first legislation of its kind globally Partner Valeska Bloch and Paralegal Sophie Peach report ...

Food fraud and technology - opportunities and limitations
Insight 17 Dec 2018

The high-profile ‘fake honey’ scandal has made food fraud front-page news in Australia in 2018. With the ACCC having now concluded its honey investigation, due to ‘testing uncertainty’, we explore how new technologies like blockchain could potentially assist in preventing food fraud. ...

Productivity Commission's report on superannuation - an odd mix of recommendations
Insight 01 Feb 2019

The Productivity Commission's report on superannuation has provided an odd mix of reccomendations ranging from uncontroversial to outright bizarre, Senior Regulatory Counsel Michael Mathieson writes. ...

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