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The legal position now is that in valuation negligence actions, evidence of post-dated comparable sales is inadmissible.

The financial planning industry has been eagerly awaiting an update on the future of the current MDA regime.

On 25 June 2009 the Federal government introduced the National Consumer Credit Protection Bill 2009 into the House of Representatives. The bill is designed to protect consumers from unfair terms in standard form contracts.

The latest national budget brings good news for players in the FinTech and start-up community.

In this episode, Partners Charlotte Henry and Andrew Eastwood discuss the Australian Government's recent consultation on the Scams Code Framework..

Earlier this week, ASIC announced that it had issued PDS stop orders in relation to the PDSs for two classes of units of a registered...

As part of its "Future of Financial Advice" package of reforms, the Commonwealth Government has announced a review of the distinction between "wholesale clients" and "retail clients" for the purposes of financial services regulation.

The Court confirmed the binding nature of an 'in principle' settlement agreement between the bank and the defendants.

Deferral of the abolition of the duty may be deemed necessary to fund a deal to implement the Gonski education reforms.

On 13 October 2010, the Board of Taxation (the "BOT") released a discussion paper entitled "Review of the Taxation Treatment of Islamic Finance". The discussion paper was released subsequent to the Government’s request for a review ‘in order to ensure that Islamic financial products have parity with conventional products, having regard to their economic substance’.

All CFD issuers should review leverage limits and ensure correctly applied to the CFD instruments on their platform.

The AML/CTF Act imposes obligations on financial service and credit providers providing designated service(s) in Australia.

The technical guidelines should bring a higher degree of standardisation and efficiency when responding to ASIC requests.

That decision is usually dependent on the circumstances, the amount of debt and the required timeframe for resolution.

There are two exemptions to being authorised under an ACL which will allow you to refer clients to a licensee.

A discussion of In Valcorp Australia Pty Ltd v Angas Securities Limited [2012] FCAFC 22.

Experts predict an increase of activity in the area of private lending and capital raising for distressed companies.