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Victoria's plan for value creation and capture
The Victorian Government has released the Victorian Value Creation and Capture Framework which articulates its policy on value creation and value capture in the planning and delivery of public projects ...
New EU rules raise the bar for data security
The EU General Data Protection Regulation GDPR which will apply from May 2018 includes enhanced data security requirements and obligations to notify regulators and individuals of data breaches A failure to comply with key provisions may lead to a fine of up to euro20 million or 4 per cent of global ...
CCIVs: Lost in translation?
The long-awaited Exposure Draft containing the tax treatment of the proposed new corporate collective investment vehicle has been released for consultation. ...
Contract Law Update 2017
The phrase ready and willing to perform a contract is very familiar to lawyers But what exactly does it mean and why is it important The NSW Court of Appeal gave the answer last year in one of many interesting appellate decisions summarised in our annual Contract Law Update Some other principles ...
Increasing ASIC's enforcement powers
In its submission to the Financial System Inquiry the Australian Securities and Investment Commission has again raised the issue of the penalties that are available to it to punish and deter corporate wrongdoing ASICs submission recommends that a holistic review be conducted into the availability ...
Will ASIC shift its regulatory focus from disclosure to suitability?
The Financial System Inquiry inevitably the Murray Inquiry is the successor of the Campbell Inquiry 1979-1981 and the Wallis Inquiry 1996-1997 Both the Campbell and Wallis reports considered that investors were best protected through disclosure and market integrity rules Both reports assumed that ...
Taxation of certain unit trusts - 'attribution' model to replace 'present entitlement'
You may be forgiven for having lost track of the proposed reforms to the taxation of managed investment trusts or MITs given that this initiative has been announced by successive Federal governments since 2010 Finally though an exposure draft of new legislation is expected to be released before ...
Allens acts on landmark municipal note program
Allens has acted for the Municipal Association of Victoria in connection with the establishment of Australia's first municipal note program, the Local Government Funding Vehicle. The inaugural $240 ...
Student housing: Goldman Sachs in JV with Blue Sky PE
Goldman Sachs Asia Special Situations Group has formed a joint venture with Blue Sky Private Real Estate to establish a new student accommodation platform. The joint venture involves Goldman Sachs ...
Linklaters and Allens advise on Victoria International Container Terminal Limited
On 20 July 2016, Victoria International Container Terminal Limited ( VICT ), the Australian subsidiary of International Container Terminal Services Inc. ( ICTSI ), successfully closed an export ...