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ASX releases final guidance note on continuous disclosure obligations

  • Piper Alderman
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  • Australia
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  • May 6 2013

The continuous disclosure guidance note has been amended and released by ASX after completing a public consultation. The amended version comes into

The Centro experience twelve months later

  • Piper Alderman
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  • Australia
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  • August 14 2012

It has been twelve months since Justice Middleton of the Federal Court of Australia delivered his judgments on liability and penalties in ASIC’s case against the Centro directors

Holding ratings agencies to account: court issues landmark decision

  • Piper Alderman
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  • Australia
  • -
  • April 16 2013

The Federal Court of Australia recently handed down a landmark decision in which ratings agency Standard & Poor's was held accountable for the

Fiduciary duties of financial advisors

  • Piper Alderman
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  • Australia
  • -
  • November 8 2012

Although it is hard to understand how this view could have arisen, there was a view amongst some members of the financial planning industry that financial planners did not owe fiduciary duties to their clients

A warning to directors and their legal representatives

  • Piper Alderman
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • August 12 2009

Drillsearch Energy Ltd (Drillsearch) commenced proceedings against two of its directors, a former director and two companies, the companies being shareholders of Drillsearch

Holding ratings agencies to account - The Federal Court’s landmark decision in Bathurst Regional Council v Local Government Financial Services

  • Piper Alderman
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  • Australia
  • -
  • February 26 2013

In November 2012, the Federal Court of Australia handed down its decision in Bathurst Regional Council & Ors v Local Government

Licensing requirement net tangible assets deferred tax assets included

  • Piper Alderman
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  • Australia
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  • October 5 2010

In a recent case, the AAT overruled a decision of ASIC cancelling the Australian financial services licence (AFSL) of a responsible entity (RE) that was the operator of a number of property trusts

Financial product risk disclosure including for wholesale clients

  • Piper Alderman
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  • Australia
  • -
  • February 22 2013

Some important principles concerning risk disclosure arise out of the recent decisions in the Federal Court of Wingecarribee Shire Council v Lehman

ASIC v Fortescue Metals Group Ltd: a timely warning about corporate disclosure and misleading conduct

  • Piper Alderman
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • March 17 2011

Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) appealed because the case raised important issues concerning:A listed entity's obligations to disclose information under the continuous disclosure provisions of the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) Listing Rules and the Corporations Act, 2001 (Cth) (Act

Matters to consider when raising capital

  • Piper Alderman
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  • Australia
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  • February 11 2011

The central premise in the Corporations Act regarding capital raising is that an offer of securities needs disclosure to investors unless otherwise exempted