ArticleHow Do Easter & The End Of Daylight Saving Affect Your ASIC Reporting?Daylight Saving Time (DST) ends this weekend (Sunday, 5 April 2026) in Australia for most states. AustraliaFinance and BankingTRAction
ArticleIndefeasibility Under Attack, Part 2: Forged ´All Obligations´ MortgagesThe recent Court of Appeal decision of Westpac Banking Corporation v Clark (Unreported, CA 172/06, [5 September 2008]) goes some way to answering a technical but important issue on indefeasibility with significant ramifications for corporate lenders in New Zealand.AustraliaFinance and BankingDLA Piper Australia
ArticleIslamic financing to be bolstered significantly in Australia by proposed tax changesFinanciers and borrowers should prepare for Islamic financing and sovereign wealth opportunities created by the Budget.AustraliaFinance and BankingColin Biggers & Paisley
ArticleJust, Quick & Cheap – New Possession List Procedures In The Supreme Court Of NSWLenders are often frustrated by the cost and length of time taken to resolve possession proceedings where a defence has been filed by the borrower.AustraliaFinance and BankingGadens Lawyers
ArticleLaunch Of The EFIC Global Readiness Index Underlines Need For Trade FinanceOn 20 April 2009, the Australian Government's Export Finance and Insurance Corporation released it second Global Readiness Index Report.AustraliaFinance and BankingHunt & Hunt
VideoMonitoring your Licence Number through Google AlertsIt is important to monitor your AFSL and ACL numbers to prevent individuals from using them for fraudulent activities.AustraliaFinance and BankingSophie Grace Pty Ltd
ArticleNational System For Personal Property Securities One Step CloserThe exposure draft of the Personal Property Securities Bill 2008 (PPS Bill) was referred to the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs this week. AustraliaFinance and BankingClayton Utz
ArticleNew Personal Property Security ("PPS") Rules apply to leases of boats.The PPS legislation will create as online registration system for all security interests, including bareboat leases.AustraliaFinance and BankingMoore Australia
ArticleNew System For Securities Over AssetsAfter one of the longest gestation periods for any proposed law reform, Australia is now substantially down the track towards having a completely new system of creation, documentation, registration and enforcement of securities over assets.AustraliaFinance and BankingDLA Piper Australia
ArticlePart II: Bitcoins 101What is a 'financial product' and why do digital currencies fall outside this definition?AustraliaFinance and BankingHolley Nethercote
ArticlePayroll Tax Obligations For Authorised Representatives Of ACL And AFSL HoldersAuthorised representatives of Australian Financial Service License (AFSL) holders and credit representatives of Australian Credit Licence (ACL) holders may be deemed "contractors"...AustraliaFinance and BankingK&L Gates
ArticlePPS-driven exemption from S.A. stamp duty for securitisations announcedEx gratia relief is granted to securitisation transactions that would otherwise be dutiable in SA after the PPS starts.AustraliaFinance and BankingClayton Utz
ArticlePPS Leases – owner of goods loses title to liquidator of tenantThis is a case of where the owner of valuable goods loses title because it did not register its interest on the PPSR.AustraliaFinance and BankingBroadley Rees Hogan Lawyers
ArticlePPSA - Finding and Claiming your Migrated Security InterestsIn the process of migration, all of the security interest information was not captured and transferred to the PPSR.AustraliaFinance and BankingColeman Greig Lawyers
ArticlePractice Guide for Second Mortgages – Addressing Deeds of PriorityThis e-book is designed to give lenders a more in-depth knowledge of deeds of priority and second mortgage transactions.AustraliaFinance and BankingBennett & Philp Lawyers
ArticlePrivate Lending—The current state of playWith the big banks tightening their lending criteria, the popularity of the private lending market continues to increase.AustraliaFinance and BankingWorrells
ArticleProduct intervention power - regulatory action may be sooner than expectedASIC is setting its sights on risky investments such as binary options, margin FX and contracts for difference (CFDs).AustraliaFinance and BankingColin Biggers & Paisley
ArticleProjects InsightsWelcome to the final edition of Projects Insights for 2009, in which we'll look at the trends past, present and future in infrastructureAustraliaFinance and BankingClayton Utz
ArticleProperty exposures update - Navigating a pandemicAPRA has released its quarterly property exposure data for domestic and foreign authorised deposit-taking institutions.AustraliaFinance and BankingKordaMentha