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Growing ESG complexity in the year ahead: what companies can expect
Insight 04 Feb 2025

As stakeholder expectations on Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) issues continue to evolve, we are seeing a movement build from voluntary standards to domestic regulation. Concurrently, the opposition to ESG-related action is adding to uncertainty and complexity. ...

What this means for new regulatory enforcement landscape
Issues

Preparing your business to respond Although dealing with regulators will never be an exact science, there are steps you can take now to navigate this new regulatory enforcement landscape. We have been assisting clients with: preparing a ...

What this means for risk, compliance & personal accountability
Issues

The BEAR It comes as no surprise that one of the key ways in which the Final Report recommends the need for greater personal accountability be addressed is by the expansion of the BEAR. Specifically, the Commissioner has recommended that: ...

What this means for class action risks in financial services
Issues

Filings: what have we seen and what's to come? Before the publication of the Final Report, the matters raised during the Royal Commission resulted in either the commencement or investigation of class actions in relation to: Superannuation ...

Financial services regulation update (December edition)
Webinar 08 Dec 2023

Covered in this webinar: Consultation on the first tranche the Albanese Government's 'Delivering Better Financial Outcomes' package of reforms, addressing several recommendations from the Quality of Advice Review; and ASIC's civil penalty proceedings against Telstra Super Pty Ltd, being the first case to test the application of the internal dispute resolution obligations in s912A of the Corporations Act. ...

Financial services regulation update (September edition)
Webinar 22 Sep 2023

Covered in this webinar: The latest from the Court of Appeal on conflicted remuneration and financial product advice The Financial Accountability Regime ...

Financial services regulation update (October edition)
Webinar 20 Oct 2023

Covered in this webinar: a fast transition, in which gas is quickly replaced with other sources of energy; and a softer transition, in which gas is used as a fuel source over the longer term, in conjunction with renewable sources. ...

Financial services regulation update (November edition)
Webinar 10 Nov 2023

In this session, we will cover the long-overdue package of reforms to the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) is finally out. The changes are extensive and include 345 of the recommendations from the 2015 Whittaker Review. It's mostly good news, but there's a huge amount to think about and do, and now is the time to have your say to get it right. ...

Class action risk 2022
Insight 16 Mar 2022

Class action risk is changing. While filings remain high, consumer claims now dominate and, for the first time in over a decade, the banking sector is not the biggest target.  ...

Seven key themes set to shape regulatory enforcement risk
Insight 22 Feb 2023

Legal and compliance leaders often ask us: what are the top enforcement risks we face and how can we prepare? In this report we cover the key themes running through regulatory enforcement activity in 2022 and what they will mean for you in 2023. Most sectors will be impacted by the seven key trends. ...

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