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What's new for listed companies

  • Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • December 15 2009

The ASX has recently issued a Consultation Paper proposing to make amendments to the ASX Listing Rules primarily aimed at complementing existing insider trading laws by helping minimise the potential for insider trading and address the perceived risks of insider trading

New diversity requirements for listed companies

  • Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • December 15 2009

The ASX Corporate Governance Council proposes new recommendations under its Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations requiring a listed company on an "if not, why not" basis to: establish a diversity policy that includes measurable objectives relating to gender as set by the board of the company and disclose it to the market in full or in summary, disclose in its annual report its achievement against the gender objectives set by the board, and disclose in its annual report the proportion of women employees in the whole organisation, in senior management and on the board

Proposed exemption from market licence requirements for professional financial market operators

  • Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
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  • Australia
  • -
  • September 24 2009

On 7 September 2009, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) released a consultation paper outlining when ASIC will provide an exemption from the Australian financial market licence (Market Licence) requirements for financial markets accessed by Australian residents

Impact on authorised collective investment schemes of the SFC's consultation paper on proposals to enhance protection for investing public

  • Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
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  • Australia
  • -
  • September 30 2009

On Friday 25 September 2009, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) issued an important consultation paper covering: (i) the authorisation of different types of investment products, (ii) the sales process for these products, and (iii) after-sales arrangements

What's new for listed companies

  • Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • December 15 2009

The ASX has recently issued a Consultation Paper proposing to make amendments to the ASX Listing Rules primarily aimed at complementing existing insider trading laws by helping minimise the potential for insider trading and address the perceived risks of insider trading

New diversity requirements for listed companies

  • Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • December 15 2009

The ASX Corporate Governance Council proposes new recommendations under its Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations requiring a listed company on an "if not why not" basis to: establish a diversity policy that includes measurable objectives relating to gender as set by the board of the company and disclose it to the market in full or in summary

Facilitating debt raisings

  • Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • December 10 2009

On 7 December 2009, ASIC released a consultation paper that seeks feedback on ASIC's proposal to facilitate offers of quoted corporate bonds and convertible notes

Handling confidential information

  • Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • December 24 2009

On 21 December 2009, ASIC released its consultation paper on proposed best practice guidelines for the handling of confidential information in corporate transactions

Reforms allowing funds to treat gains on capital account draft legislation released

  • Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
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  • Australia
  • -
  • January 27 2010

The question of whether a taxpayer's gains are on capital account or on revenue account has attracted much publicity in the context of Texas Pacific Group's (TPG) disposal of its investment in Myer

ASIC policy update using your website to comply with the continuous disclosure obligations

  • Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
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  • Australia
  • -
  • July 2 2009

Under the Corporations Act, unlisted disclosing entities (including many managed funds) are required to comply with their continuous disclosure obligations by lodging notices with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC

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