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Fourth Time Lucky? The Fourth FFSP AFSL Bill Is Introduced To Parliament

On 26 November 2025, Parliament introduced a new bill to enact new foreign financial service provider (FFSP) exemptions to the need to hold an Australian financial services licence (or AFSL).

Australia Finance

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Insider Trading In Australia: What You And Your Company Need To Know

ASIC announced that strengthening the investigation and prosecution of insider trading will continue to be one of its 2026 enforcement priorities.

Australia Finance

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Holding Redlich

ASIC's review of Offshore Service Providers for Australian Financial Services Licensees

The recommendations included in ASIC's reviews of are relevant to all Australian Financial Services Licensees.

Australia Finance

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Sophie Grace Pty Ltd

Further Relief For Licensees Under The Reportable Situations Regime

ASIC has provided additional relief for Australian Financial Services Licence and Australian Credit Licence holders.

Australia Finance

SG

Sophie Grace Pty Ltd

Global Bank Review 2025

Australia Finance

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

ASIC enforcement – Responsible lending

Australia Finance

SG

Sophie Grace Pty Ltd

Proposed Revamp Of The External Commercial Borrowings Guidelines

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JSA

Investor Alert: SEBI Opens Doors To Scalable Co-Investments In AIFs (Podcast)

AP

AK & Partners

Indonesia Issues Draft OJK Regulation On Digital Financial Asset Offerings

Indonesia Finance

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SSEK Law Firm

Australian private equity trends 2025

Australia Finance

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

High Stakes, Higher Standards: Navigating Duty Of Care In Financial Services

Hong Kong Finance

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Withers LLP

Section 138 Of The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881: A Comprehensive Legal Analysis

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MAHESHWARI & CO. Advocates & Legal Consultants

Legal Update: Banking (Amendment) Ordinance 2025

Hong Kong Finance

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Tanner De Witt

Union Budget 2025-26 What Every Business Leader Needs To Know

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S.S. Rana & Co. Advocates

全球税收透明背景下的中国受控外国企业（CFC）规则深度解析与合规指引（上篇）

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Beijing Jincheng Tongda & Neal Law Firm

Fair Work Commission Backs Employee in Remote Work Dispute with Westpac

Australia Employment

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McCabes

"十不准"视角下的大宗商品虚假贸易法律风险防控要点

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Beijing Jincheng Tongda & Neal Law Firm

对赌规则的最新司法走向——浅析《公司法司法解释（征求意见稿）》

China Commercial

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Beijing Jincheng Tongda & Neal Law Firm

Beyond Stay Or Leave: How MNCs Are Recalibrating Their China Strategy (Video)

China Commercial

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Alvarez & Marsal

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Alternative Investment Funds

Project Finance

Secured Lending

Acquisition Finance/LBOs/MBOs

Australian Sustainable Finance Taxonomy: Market Insights From World-first Pilot Program

Australia is testing the Taxonomy in practice with some of the country's largest financial institutions.

Australia Finance

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

China outbound investment: Trends and outlooks.

Chinese companies continue strategically deploying capital overseas.

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Acclime

Are you taking reasonable steps to ensure your authorised representatives do not accept conflicted remuneration?

Case clarifies actions taken by AFS Licensees may constitute 'reasonable steps'.

Australia Finance

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Sophie Grace Pty Ltd

Shareholders' Deadlock: Buy-Out As A Way Out

India Commercial

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Alaya Legal

Blockchain Bites: ASIC updates guidance on carrying on business in Australia, ATO updates ETF guidance as ETH ETF launches, Australia to introduce new Cyber Security laws, DECA takes tokenisation policy proposals to Canberra

Australia Finance

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Piper Alderman

Ensuring Fairness In Management Buyouts In Japan

AM

Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Webinar: Opening-up Of China's Financial Sector: A Focus On Investment Management And Fintech

Worldwide Finance

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Fangda Partners

How do I fund investors for my startup in New Zealand?

Australia Finance

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LegalVision

What happens when Convertible Notes convert?

Australia Finance

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LegalVision

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Securitization & Structured Finance

RBI Proposes Game Changing Amendments To Liberalise Foreign Lending Into India Through External Commercial Borrowings Route

The Reserve Bank of India (‘RBI') has, in a Press Release dated October 1, 2025, issued its Statement on Development and Regulatory Policies, setting out proposed measures relating...

AP

AZB & Partners

What We're Reading

The Making of an American Capitalist, by journalist Roger Lowenstein, draws on three years of unprecedented access to Warren Buffett's family, friends...

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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Blackbird Swoops In Effort To Extinguish Secured Creditor's Rights Under DOCA

This case is a reminder that creditors should carefully identify and assess any restrictions imposed on enforcement of security interests under a DOCA.

Australia Finance

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Structured Lending For Hyperscale Data Center Providers: Offshore Spvs Powering Securitisation Driven Capital Solutions

Singapore Finance

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Appleby

Case note: Synergy Construct Australia Pty Ltd v GSA North Terrace Pty Limited ATF GSA North Terrace Unit Trust [2025] SASCA 72 (Synergy)

Australia Finance

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PCL Lawyers

A Bad Weekend for Deemed Service: Roberts Co (NSW) Pty Ltd v Sharvain Facades Pty Ltd (Administrators Appointed)

Australia Finance

PA

Piper Alderman

RBI Announces A New Market-Based Mechanism For Securitisation Of Stressed Assets

AP

AZB & Partners

New CERSAI Compliance Alert: Source Of Funds Now Mandatory For SI Filings

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

LEI Status Requirements

Worldwide Commercial

TRAction

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Debt Capital Markets

Concealing Secret Agreement To Acquire A Listed Company Was A Defraud

Rule 26 is a fundamental provision of the Code on Takeovers and Mergers ("Takeovers Code") to ensure transparency and fairness in corporate control transactions and to protect the interests of minority shareholders.

Hong Kong Commercial

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ONC Lawyers

香港法院最新判决：除非存在反制因素，仲裁条款可阻碍清盘程序

在香港法下，当债务人无力偿付到期债务时，债权人无需取得生效法院判决或仲裁裁决即可向债务人送达法定要求偿债书（Statutory Demand），要求债务人在

China Litigation

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Beijing Jincheng Tongda & Neal Law Firm

Global Bank Review 2025

Over the past year, one truth has become unmistakably clear for the banking industry: managing complexity is not a transient state; it is simply the air the modern bank must breathe.

Australia Finance

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Proposed Revamp Of The External Commercial Borrowings Guidelines

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JSA

AKP Banking & Finance Digest November 17, 2025

AP

AK & Partners

From Restriction To Opportunity: RBI's Draft Capital Market Exposure Directions And Their Implications For Bank-financed Acquisitions

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Acuity Law

When Caution Becomes Commitment: Lessons From The Mayne Pharma MAC Decision

Australia Finance

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Bennett & Philp Lawyers

Virtual Power Purchase Agreements (VPPAs)

Worldwide Finance

TRAction

Cryptocurrency As Property: Business And Legal Implications Of The Madras High Court Ruling

India Technology

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Legitpro Law

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Project Finance/PPP & PFI

Project Financing In India: A Comprehensive Overview

Infrastructure development is a cornerstone of economic growth and a key policy priority for a developing country like India.

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Avoiding Trade Reporting Penalties

Main focus for reporting entities should be on prompt and accurate reporting and notification of errors or issues with their trade reporting to their regulators.

Worldwide Finance

TRAction

Beneath The Surface: Making Up The Deficit - The Critical Minerals Strategic Reserve And Australia's Unrealised Critical Minerals Production Potential

In April 2025, the Albanese Government pledged A$1.2 billion to establish a Critical Minerals Strategic Reserve (Strategic Reserve).

Australia Government

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

RBI Issues Directions On Project Finance For All Regulated Entities

AP

AZB & Partners

Main Changes In Kazakhstan's Financial Legislation In Q1 2025

Kazakhstan Finance

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GRATA International

Recent Developments In India's Corporate & Commercial Laws - July 2025

India Commercial

Fox & Mandal

Financing For Projects And Infrastructure: RBI's New Directions Triggers Big Push For Infrastructure Development In India

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DSK Legal

Reserve Bank Of India (Project Finance) Directions, 2025

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Dhir & Dhir Associates

Can The New RBI Norms Bridge The Gap Between Regulation And Reality In Project Finance?

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Legitpro Law

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Latest Videos

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P2P Lending: An Innovation In The Financial Sector (Video)

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

26 Ind AS 2025 Amendments: Supplier Finance, Liability Shifts & Global Tax Rules (Podcast)

AP

AK & Partners

A Distinct Approach To Capital Investment: Alternative Investment Funds (AIF) (Video)

CP

Corporate Professionals

JSA Mint Video & Podcast Series | Episode 3: Financing India's Growth Story

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JSA

Navigating The Funding Frontier: Insights For Startup Founders (Video)

Saga Legal

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