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

The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services (Committee) has been inquiring into the wholesale investor test for offers of securities, and the wholesale client test for financial products and services in the Corporations Act 2001.

As we have now said goodbye to FY25, we look back on some of the more significant regulatory developments that fund managers can't afford to ignore.

On 27 June 2023, the Australian Treasury released a further consultation paper (consultation period open until 21 July 2023) on the introduction of a mandatory climate disclosure...

In the field of intellectual property, the interplay between trade marks and patent claims is very rarely discussed, given the distinct scope of protection provided by each.

The theme of this year's Privacy Awareness Week (PAW) is "back to basics".

There appears to be a further delay to the long-anticipated privacy law reform legislation, most recently expected to be unveiled this month.

From 18–21 August 2025, the Australian Government (Government) hosted the Economic Reform Roundtable with industry and government leaders to explore reforms aimed at boosting productivity...

Mere days after an AI firm’s model hacked into Hugging Face, a separate AI company has now revealed that three of its models have hacked into three external companies during testing.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) published its long-awaited updates to Information Sheet (INFO 225). This represents the result of ASIC's consultation process on the existing document (which we have discussed here).

In November 2020, accounting and consulting firm Nexia Australia (Nexia) was alerted to a "REvil" ransomware attack taking place within its system. The attackers threatened to post personal information of Nexia's...

Some key compliance dates approach for responsible entities of critical infrastructure assets under the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act (SOCI Act). First, from 17 August 2024 responsible entities...

On 19 December, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its final report setting out draft Regulatory Technical Standards under the amended European Long-Term Investment Funds Regulation.

In a letter dated 1 October 2025, the European Commission has announced that it will not adopt any non-essential Level 2 acts in respect of AIFMD II or the UCITS review, before 1 October 2027 at the earliest.

Following a review of the Irish funds industry and wide engagement with industry participants, discussed in our earlier blog here, the Department of Finance has issued its Final Report on the Funds Sector 2030.

Recent legislative updates have emerged in France, focusing on the intricate balance between national regulation and European Union directives —especially relevant to the evolving sector...

The Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) and the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong (SFC) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding on 14 May 2025 establishing a framework for the mutual recognition...

The UK's overseas funds regime has been in development for several years and is finally close to becoming a reality. It will create a more streamlined method by which non-UK funds given "equivalence"