This report provides an overview of the key regulatory and governance risks facing superannuation trustees in the year ahead. It outlines areas of heightened enforcement focus, upcoming legislative reforms and emerging obligations under prudential standards. It also highlights practical steps trustees can take to strengthen resilience and meet evolving expectations across governance, risk and member outcomes. ...

2021 saw record levels of equity investment into Australian startups and scaleups. The abundance of equity capital being raised by Australian startups and scaleups from a diverse range of investors means that we frequently encounter proprietary companies with significant numbers of shareholders on their registers. ...

As the expiration dates for the Government's responses to the COVID-19 pandemic loom, it is hard to know what protections and relaxations remain in place for companies and their directors. We summarise the current (as at the week commencing 14 September 2020) stimuli and moratoria implemented by the Federal Government. This accompanies our webinar: Restructuring and insolvency - preparing for, and going beyond, the insolvency cliff, held on 16 September 2020. ...

This insight is a checklist of key items to help uplift your organisation's cyber readiness (ie its preparedness for a cyberattack) and resilience (ie its ability to withstand and recover from a cyberattack). ...

Last year was a busy one for our Allens Accelerate clients. We caught up with two founders whose businesses celebrated major milestones in 2021. ...

The Cyber Brief is a podcast for decision-makers in cyber. Through candid conversations with the industry's best, The Cyber Brief delivers executive-level insights on cyber risk, best-practice governance and emerging threats. Leaders in ...

Contract law is at the core of almost every lawyer's practice. We prepare the Contract Law Update by reviewing every contract law decision handed down by Australian appellate courts during the year and preparing summaries of those most relevant to lawyers in commercial practice. ...