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Allens insights: Strong ECM volumes to continue
Partners and Co-Heads of the Equity capital Markets Practice Julian Donnan and Robert Pick conduct a roundtable discussion on the latest developments in ECM ...
Will Queensland reform its biodiscovery regime?
The Federal Government proposed significant changes to the regulation of biodiscovery earlier this year when it released a model for the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol Partner Michael Morris and Associate Julieane Bull report on the potential flow-on effects for Queenslands regulatory regime ...
Indonesia passes new law affecting insurance businesses
Investors in the insurance sector should take note of a number of important new ornotable concepts that were introduced in a new law on insurance the New Law that waspassed by the Indonesian Parliament on 23 September 2014 The New Law replaced the nowoutdated 1992 Insurance Law the Old Law As well ...
Plantation Law 2014 - New foreign investment restrictions to come
Given Indonesias status as the worlds top palm oil producer investment in the plantation sector should be one of Indonesias most attractive opportunities for foreign investors This is supported by the most recent Negative Investment List which became effective on 24 April 2014 and which permits ...
Retail life insurance advice - ASIC's views on FoFA revealed
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission released its report reviewing retail life insurance advice yesterday The report provides insights into ASICs views on the Future of Financial Advice FoFA Partner Michelle Levy and Senior Regulatory Counsel Michael Mathieson report ...
A new market for Australian uranium
The Australian Government has signed an agreement with India for the sale of uranium and has now made the agreement publicly available Partner Richard Malcolmson Senior Associates Emily Gerrard and Anna Vella and Lawyer Jayde Geia report on the agreement and its implications ...
Proposed disallowance of FoFA 'streamlining' regulation fails
A motion to disallow the vast majority of the provisions of the Corporations Amendment Streamlining Future of Financial Advice Regulation 2014 has failed Associate Rosie Thomas and Senior Regulatory Counsel Michael Mathieson report ...
Some facts (and myths) about ASIC and product intervention powers
The closer you look at the recent discussion about product intervention powers for ASIC the clearer it becomes that the discussion has little basis in fact ...
Murray in a muddle over retirement incomes
A close reading of the retirement incomes chapter in the interim report of the Financial System Inquiry reveals a series of paradoxes ...
What do ASIC and APRA want from Murray?
Although more than 6500 second round submissions have been made to the Financial System Inquiry submissions made by ASIC and APRA will be read with greater interest than most The recommendations in these submissions are likely to be given greater weight by the FSI panel members and could find their ...