
Journal of Banking and Finance Law and Practice update: Vol 31 Pt 2
The latest Part of the Journal of Banking and Finance Law and Practice includes the following articles: “Building Australia’s Fintech Ecosystem: Innovation Hubs for a Competitive Advantage” – Ross P Buckley, Douglas W Arner, Dirk A Zetzsche and Evan C Gibson; and “Regulating Australia’s Benchmark Interest Rate Market: A Review of Recent Litigation and Market Reforms” – Tony Ciro. Also in this Part are the following Sections: Insolvency Law and Management: “Don’t Be Too Cool to Pool: Employee Entitlement Contribution Orders and Pooling Orders” – Andrew Vella and Matthew Paterson; Securities and Mortgages: “Purchase Money Security Interests under the PPSA: A Note on Stockco Agricapital Pty Ltd v Dairy Livestock Services Pty Ltd” – Anthony Duggan; United Kingdom and Europe: “History Repeating: Trading Restrictions in Europe at the Time of COVID-19” – Matteo Solinas; and “Germany’s Highest Court Challenges the Legality of the ECB’s Monetary Tools (and the EU’s Entire Legal Order)” – Matteo Solinas; and United States: “Predictive Factors in CEO and CFO Bank Fraud and Malfeasance” – Erich Heneke and Randall Valentine.
Company and Securities Law Journal update: October 2016
The latest Part of the Company and Securities Law Journal includes the following articles: “The who, why and what of enforceable undertakings accepted by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission” – Helen Bird, George Gilligan and Ian Ramsay; and “Safe harbour or shipwreck? A critical analysis of the proposed safe harbour for insolvent trading” – Carmen Boothman. This issue also includes the following sections: Company Law – Robert Baxt AO: “Babcock & Brown’s last hurrah: The latest on dividends and continuous disclosure” – Jonathan M Cheyne; “Has the introduction of civil penalties increased the speed and success rate of directors’ duties cases?” – Jasper Hedges and Ian Ramsay; and Directors’ Duties – Rosemary Teele Langford: “The Corporate Culture Chameleon: Reflections and reporting” – Rosemary Teele Langford.
Australian Business Law Review update: July 2016
The latest Part of the Australian Business Law Review includes the following articles: “Investigating the goodwill issue in franchising: An exploratory analysis” – Maurice Roussety, Lorelle Frazer and Evan Douglas; “Registration errors, priority rules and the policy behind the PPSA: In pursuit of certainty or fairness?” – Linda Widdup; “Misleading premium claims” – Stephen Corones; and “Forensic accounting: Professional regulation of a multi-disciplinary field” – Jeanette Van Akkeren, Sherrena Buckby and Julie-Anne Tarr. Also in this Part are the following sections: Competition Law and Market Regulation: “Recent successes for the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission” – Robert Baxt AO; Company Law and Securities: “Assessing the capabilities of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and other issues” – Robert Baxt AO.
Company and Securities Law Journal update: February 2016
The latest Part of the Company and Securities Law Journal includes the following articles: “Legislating for co-operative identity: The new co-operatives national law in Australia” – Ann Apps; “Corporate and personal liability for ‘culture’ in corporations?” – John HC Colvin and James Argent; and “Are directors liable in negligence for misstatements in a prospectus?” – Victoria Stace. This issue also includes the following sections: Corporate Governance, Corporate Responsibility and Law – Professor Jean Jacques du Plessis: “Disclosure of non-financial information: A powerful corporate governance tool”; Directors’ Duties: “Corporate culpability, stepping stones and Mariner: Contention surrounding directors’ duties where the company breaches the law” – Dr Rosemary Teele Langford; and a Book Review: “Directors’ Duties: Principles and Application” – JH Farrar.
The Future of Equity Crowdfunding in Australia
[Editor’s Note: Since publication of this article, the Corporations Amendment (Crowd-sourced Funding) Act 2017 (Cth) has been given Crown assent, making it Commonwealth Act No 17 of 2017.] The Corporations Amendment (Crowd-sourced Funding) Bill 2016 (Cth), which is currently before the Commonwealth Senate, plans to amend the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) to deal with an increase in crowd-sourced capital-raising activities by companies ...more