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Allens wins ILTA Innovative Project of the Year
Allens won the ILTA Innovative Project of the Year award for its Real Estate Due Diligence App REDDA. The system will allow lawyers to focus on expert legal analysis by removing the majority of the manual burden. ...
Allens advises Rest on $900m Quay Quarter Tower investment
Allens has advised Rest on its acquisition of a one-third stake in Sydney's Quay Quarter Tower redevelopment for approximately $900 million. It is the largest Australian property transaction ever ...
Draft planning policy framework for Victoria - open for comment
The Ministerial Advisory Committee appointed to review the Victorian State Planning Policy Framework has released a draft version of a new Planning Policy Framework that reorganises the policy framework into themes and updates the policy content to include new policies to support Plan Melbourne and ...
Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement: strengthening cross-border investment
The landmark Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement is expected to further strengthen the established complementary economic relationship between the two countries, and to provide new opportunities for cross-border investment and trade. ...
Final version of Metropolitan Planning Strategy released
Following consultation and feedback a final version of the Metropolitan Planning Strategy known as Plan Melbourne has been launched While the focus of Plan Melbourne continues to be on employment cluster locations and urban renewal opportunities there is also a renewed focus in the final document on ...
Key superannuation reforms deferred to 1 July 2015
The Federal Government has today announced that the start date for portfolio holdings disclosure reporting and choice product dashboard requirements will be deferred until 1 July 2015 to allow it further time to consult on the detail of the requirements Partner Geoff Sanders and Lawyer Stephanie ...
ASIC grants more time to update websites and some relief from fees and costs disclosure
ASIC issued Class Order 14509 yesterday providing late but welcome breathing space for superannuation trustees to update their websites to disclose executive remuneration and other information The Class Order provides safe harbour timeframes for disclosure And today ASIC has released Information ...
ASIC's enforcement decisions - is litigation the most effective deterrent?
We have previously reported on ASICs submission to the Financial System Inquiry FSI and in particular its assertion that it needs a broader range of more onerous financial penalties in order to punish and deter corporate wrongdoing ASIC made similar submissions to the recent inquiry by the Senate ...
Murray in a muddle over retirement incomes
A close reading of the retirement incomes chapter in the interim report of the Financial System Inquiry reveals a series of paradoxes ...
Some facts (and myths) about ASIC and product intervention powers
The closer you look at the recent discussion about product intervention powers for ASIC the clearer it becomes that the discussion has little basis in fact ...