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Directors' duties: Centro case on approval of financial statements

Bell Gully
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Australia, New Zealand
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July 8 2011

A recent Australian court decision about the duties of directors of listed companies when considering the company's financial statements raises some important issues for New Zealand boards

ASIC seeks special leave to appeal latest James Hardie decision

Bell Gully
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Australia, New Zealand
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April 20 2011

At the end of last year the New South Wales Court of Appeal handed down two separate judgments in the James Hardie civil penalty appeals arising from the decision of the New South Wales Supreme Court in Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Macdonald and its subsequent decision on penalties in 2009 (which were discussed in our earlier article Corporate governance: lessons from the James Hardie decision

Class exemption for Australian financial service providers

Bell Gully
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Australia, New Zealand
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July 8 2011

The FMA has granted a class exemption from key provisions of the Financial Advisers Act 2008 and the Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008 to permit Australian regulated firms to continue providing financial adviser services for New Zealand based clients, provided certain conditions are met

New mutual recognition arrangements for Australian and New Zealand financial advisers

Bell Gully
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Australia, New Zealand
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July 12 2012

New mutual recognition arrangements for Australian and New Zealand financial advisers came into effect on 6 July

Trans-Tasman mutual recognition of financial advisers announced

Bell Gully
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Australia, New Zealand
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September 12 2012

The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) and New Zealand’s Financial Markets Authority (FMA) have announced mutual recognition arrangements for Australian and New Zealand financial advisers