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ARTICLE · 04 FEBRUARY 2013

Australian Government takes next steps to develop retail corporate bond market

Clayton Utz
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Does this new draft Bill go far enough to encourage the development of a retail corporate bond market in Australia?

AustraliaFinance and Banking
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Does a new draft Bill go far enough to encourage the development of a retail corporate bond market in Australia?

On 11 January 2013, the Government released draft legislation containing a number of proposed amendments to the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) aimed at encouraging the development of a retail corporate bond market in Australia. The release of the Corporate Amendment (Simple Corporate Bonds and Other Measures) Bill 2013 follows the Government's December 2011 Discussion Paper which sought industry comment on future reform in the area of retail corporate bonds.

The main focus of the Bill is to increase offerings of corporate bonds to retail investors in Australia by:

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