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On 18 January 2024, the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) published Confronting Complexity: Reforming Corporations and Financial Services Legislation (Final Report)...

Over the past year, one truth has become unmistakably clear for the banking industry: managing complexity is not a transient state; it is simply the air the modern bank must breathe.

The AML/CTF Act has been amended to clarify how penalty units accrue for those businesses not enrolled with AUSTRAC.

Construction businesses can appear profitable while facing severe cash flow crises. Victor Zhou, a fractional CFO specializing in construction, reveals why cash shortages develop in building and development firms, how to spot warning signs before it's too late, and why securing additional funding often masks deeper structural problems that continue draining resources.

The Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act allows a superannuation fund to borrow to purchase an asset on trust (instalment warrant trust) provided section 67(4A) is complied with.

All Australian financial services licensees with a retail authorisation, Australian credit licensees and certain unlicensed entities...

There are cost-effective steps to try to recover a debt before litigation, such as a letter of demand or mediation.

The timing of a contribution can be important as it can change when and whether it's deductible to the person making it.

Company attempted to style selling goods as consumer leases when they were credit contracts.

The updated version of Minter Ellison's Integrated FSR Toolkit is now available. It is an essential aid to understanding the financial services regime and includes information up to 30 September 2007.

With smaller cap corporates on significant growth trajectories, multi-lender financing is popular in the middle markets.

The government recently brought into force new laws regulating access to share registers. Although aimed primarily at unsolicited share offers, the Corporations Amendment (No 1) Act 2010 restricts access to registers for a far wider range of users.

A new independent standards body for financial advisers will develop education standards and code of ethics requirements.

The PPSA will introduce a national online register of securities over personal property.

Legislation mandating new professional standards for financial planners and advisers has been passed in the lower House.

APRA has recently warned that in times of rapid house price appreciation, a bank could "strengthen its LVR constraints".

Amendments to the continuous disclosure regime applicable to Australian listed companies including key takeaways.