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Taxation of certain unit trusts - 'attribution' model to replace 'present entitlement'
You may be forgiven for having lost track of the proposed reforms to the taxation of managed investment trusts or MITs given that this initiative has been announced by successive Federal governments since 2010 Finally though an exposure draft of new legislation is expected to be released before ...
The disallowance of the FoFA Streamlining Regulation - what has been missed in all the noise?
The Senates disallowance of the Corporations Amendment Streamlining Future of Financial Advice Regulation 2014 was messy However the same could be said of the process by which FoFA was originally enacted ...
Finality: an important objective of class actions
The recent Great Southern class action settlement included a term by which group members acknowledged and admitted that loans taken out with independent financiers to finance investments in Great Southern managed investment schemes were valid and enforceable Two separate Victorian Supreme Court ...
ASIC's enforcement powers may receive a boost
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 ...
Project finance in Australia
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 ...
Corporate law developments
Welcome to our monthly snapshot of regulatory updates and other developments in corporate law We know you are busy so our focus is on capturing key issues ...
ASIC extends by a further year licensing relief for foreign financial service providers
The recent ASIC Corporations Amendment Instrument 2018807 extends by a further year licensing relief for foreign financial service providers who carry on a financial services business in Australia without an Australian financial services licence While its another welcome licensing reprieve for such ...
Royal Commission: Round 4 - experiences with financial service entities in regional and remote communities
In the Interim Report the Commissioner identifies four principal issues relating to agricultural lending ...
Expanded ban on employer incentives for super - amendment passed in the Senate
The Senate has passed amendments that will greatly expand the scope of the prohibition on trustees and their associates providing incentives to employers in section 68A of the Superannuation Industry Act 1993 ...
Report: Private Equity Horizons 2019
With dealmakers taking full advantage of highly accessible financing and a massive hoard of dry powder to close more buyouts than before 2018 was one of the most active years ever for private equity in Australia The mountain of dry powder competing for limited opportunities combined with elevated ...


