Tradeable water rights excluded from "derivatives" regulation *

Australia - May 10 2013
Tradeable water rights and arrangements in relation to tradeable water rights will be excluded from the definition of a "derivative" in Chapter 7 of…

Co-authors: Robyn Farmer, Alex Chernishev, Graeme Dennis, Romany Sloan, Patricia Williams.

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APRA sets a high water mark for implementing Basel III liquidity reforms *

Australia - May 9 2013
On 6 May 2013 the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) released a second consultation package outlining updates to its proposals to…

Co-authors: Joshua Knuckey, Andrew Jinks, Alex Chernishev, Eugene Bong.

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The name is bond, simple corporate bond *

Australia - March 20 2013
Changes in the law to facilitate easier retail debt fundraising took a step forward this morning, when the Government introduced its Simple Corporate…

Co-authors: Natasha Davidson, Stuart Byrne, Brendan Groves, Andrew Jinks, Alex Chernishev.

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Australian government takes next steps to develop retail corporate bond market *

Australia - January 31 2013
Does a new draft Bill go far enough to encourage the development of a retail corporate bond market in Australia? On 11 January 2013, the Government…

Co-authors: Andrew Jinks, Elissa Tobin, Alex Chernishev.

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Australian OTC derivatives reforms passed - with some changes to meet electricity market concerns *

Australia - November 22 2012
The Australian Parliament has just passed the Corporations Legislation Amendment (Derivative Transactions) Bill 2012.

Co-authors: Graeme Dennis.

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