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The bill aims to make the debt agreement system more accessible and to provide more protection for debtors and creditors.

Lenders and customers should not enter a forbearance arrangement without understanding its terms, risks and conditions.

Lenders need to ensure they have a caveatable interest before lodging a caveat. What is a caveat?

This article considers relevant Hayne Royal Commission recommendations and reaction to them from insurance companies.

The right to enforce a debt against a guarantor may be lost where the power to sell is not exercised appropriately.

The main issue was how to conduct enforcement proceedings where a borrower's loan is part of concluded group proceedings.

Where there is a credit dispute, creditors could risk time and money in issuing a statutory demand that may be set aside.

PPSA implications for landlords and tenants and personal property should be considered when entering into new leases.

The practice of 'vertical integration' has faced the full wrath of the Australian Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry (Royal Commission).

The NSW State Government has recently passed legislation bringing forward the abolition of mortgage duty from 1 January 2011 to 1 July 2009.

Before providing financial assistance to prospective shareholders, companies must be aware of obligations under the Act.

If your company has a market cap of less than $500m and is in the mining, energy or biotech sectors, the chances are that ASIC will soon check your ASX announcements, if it is not already doing so. This is what was revealed in an ASIC report issued last week on the continuous disclosures of small and mid-cap miners.

This article discusses capital markets in Australia, including securities, the ASX, takeovers and merger control.

Parties should review existing agreements, especially standard form contracts, to ensure the enforceability of the terms.

A Bill has been introduced into federal parliament which if passed, will mean reduced compliance costs for New Zealand issuers in making offers of securities and interests in managed investment schemes to Australian investors and vice versa.

This amendment seeks to increase the minimum duration of leases and bailments that are deemed PPS leases to two years.