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Recent industry guidance for fund managers on climate risk disclosure
Insight 06 Sep 2022

Fund managers should take note of recent guidance published by the Financial Services Council, which provides a set of baseline expectations for the investment management industry's approach to making net zero targets, ESG product labelling and other climate risk disclosure considerations. ...

2022 PE Horizons update: caution and opportunity
Insight 05 Sep 2022

Geo-political tensions, high inflation and rising interest rates have created significant market volatility. This inevitably breeds caution amongst sponsors, but also creates opportunity. ...

Major changes proposed to financial advice regime
Insight 30 Aug 2022

Treasury has released a further consultation paper as part of the Quality of Advice Review, seeking feedback on interim proposals for changes to the regulatory regime governing financial advice. ...

ASIC's Corporate Plan shaped by emerging environmental, economic and technology trends
Insight 29 Aug 2022

ASIC has released its four-year plan, which outlines its key areas of focus. Of these four priorities, three are new: Design and distribution obligations; Retirement decision making; Sustainable finance; and Technology risks. ...

Allens advises Morrison & Co and Brookfield led consortium on $3.7 billion acquisition of Uniti Group
News 24 Aug 2022

Uniti Group Limited is the second largest fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) provider in Australia and owns fibre broadband builders OptiComm and LBNCo, and Telstra’s former FTTP business, Velocity. 'We ...

Allens advises Cooke on proposed AU$1.1bn acquisition of Tassal
News 17 Aug 2022

The deal continues the trend of take-privates involving large Australian listed entities and investor interest in the Australian food and beverage sector. 'We are pleased to be supporting Cooke on ...

Allens and Linklaters advise on acquisition of Spark New Zealand’s mobile tower business
News 15 Aug 2022

Spark New Zealand is the largest telecommunications and digital services company in the country, with 1,263 sites. As part of the acquisition, Spark New Zealand has entered into a 15-year agreement ...

Another year of relief for foreign financial service providers – but the relief saga continues
Insight 04 Aug 2022

In this Insight, we cover what the extension of the existing licensing relief means for FFSPs; what the Bill (and its lapsing) means for FFSPs; and what options are available to FFSPs moving forward. ...

M&A trends in the food and beverage sector: ESG, innovative agriculture, craft beer and plant-based alternatives
Insight 27 Jul 2022

With ESG front of mind, we take a deep dive into some of the M&A trends within the food and beverage sector and outline some key factors that we expect to attract global investment in the years to come. ...

Allens advises Octopus Australia on launch of renewable energy funds
News 21 Jul 2022

OASIS and OREO will co-invest into an Australian renewable energy portfolio, across wind, solar and storage projects. The investment platform will finance the entire renewable energy life cycle fro ...

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