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Daylight savings has begun in most Australian states – What do you need to do?

Two tips to ensure your trades & transactions are reported at the right time post–daylight savings.

Australia Finance

TRAction

Backloading Collateral & Valuation Information under EMIR Rules

Backloading of collateral and valuation information.

Australia Finance

TRAction

Private Credit – Public Interest?

In February this year, ASIC released a discussion paper seeking industry engagement on actionable ideas to enhance the operation of both public and private markets.

Australia Finance

KG

K&L Gates LLP

EMIR refit: One year on

A year after EMIR Refit, the industry has adjusted smoothly to XML but still faces UPI, lifecycle & matching issues, with rising reliance on service providers.

Australia Finance

TRAction

EMIR – Unique Client IDs / Duplicate Counterparty 2 Identifiers

Australia Finance

TRAction

Funds Update - 26 September 2025

Australia Finance

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

The issues with CFD reporting: Unique client IDs / Duplicate Counterparty 2 Identifiers

Australia Finance

TRAction

Need A Loan From Your Parents To Buy A House?

Australia Finance

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PCL Lawyers

ASIC Enforcement Action Relating To Business Loans (Green County Case)

Australia Finance

SG

Sophie Grace Pty Ltd

For Most Organisations, It Would Take A Cyber-attack To Meaningfully Improve Focus On Data Risk: HSF Kramer Cyber Risk Survey 2025

Australia Finance

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

AML/CTF FAQs for current Reporting Entities

Australia Finance

HN

Holley Nethercote

Digging Deeper with Derivatives: What do mining giants and financial derivatives have in common?

Australia Finance

TRAction

Regulation Driving Uplift

Australia Finance

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Preparing for your AFSL audit: 2025

Australia Finance

SG

Sophie Grace Pty Ltd

Can Wills Be Contested by Family and Friends?

Australia Family

JS

JB Solicitors

Immigration And Australian Federal Election Campaign Promises

Australia Immigration

IL

Interstaff Immigration Agency

Skilled Visa Salary Thresholds To Increase To 4.6% From 1 July 2025

Australia Immigration

IL

Interstaff Immigration Agency

August 2025 ESG Policy Update—Australia

Worldwide Environment

KG

K&L Gates LLP

New road rules and driving offences come into effect across Australia

Australia Transport

SC

Sydney Criminal Lawyers

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Alternative Investment Funds

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What to do when the derivative instrument's underlier has no ISIN under EMIR

This article discuss how to populate the ISIN.

Australia Finance

TRAction

ESMA's assessment of the MiFID Trade Reporting Framework

The consultation from October 2024 discusses the revisions proposed to the existing technical standards.

Australia Finance

TRAction

Is reporting at ‘position level' allowed for all EMIR Derivatives?

Position level reporting basically targets aggregated data to show overall exposure across the counterparties concerned.

Australia Finance

TRAction

Should OSFI Rethink AT1 Capital Requirements, Particularly For Federal Credit Unions?

Australia Finance

TL

Torys LLP

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

Australia Finance

SG

Sophie Grace Pty Ltd

Operational Resilience – Predicting The Unpredictable

Worldwide Finance

HS

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

The 2019 EU Securitisation Regulations And The Australian RMBS Market

Australia Commercial

MB

Mayer Brown

PPSA in practice - big trouble in little security

Australia Commercial

BP

Bartier Perry

Tis' the season – Is there a case for seasonally adjusted covenants?

Australia Finance

KS

Kemp Strang Lawyers

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Debt Capital Markets

Backloading Collateral & Valuation Information under EMIR Rules

Backloading of collateral and valuation information.

Australia Finance

TRAction

Actionable Ideas For Re-enlivening Australia's Public Markets And Helping Public Company Directors Get Better Sleep

In what has been a relatively quiet period for Australian public markets, it was heartening when the Australian Securities and Investments Commission ("ASIC") released its discussion paper...

Australia Commercial

KW

King & Wood Mallesons

Need A Loan From Your Parents To Buy A House?

Before lending money to your adult children, it is useful to consider everybody's current and future circumstances.

Australia Finance

P

PCL Lawyers

ASIC Enforcement Action Relating To Business Loans (Green County Case)

Australia Finance

SG

Sophie Grace Pty Ltd

Australian M&A Activity Strong Through FY25 Despite Macro Dynamics: Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Report

Australia Commercial

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

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

Australia Government

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Lessons From Lifeplan: How Forensic Experts Bolster Legal Strategy

Australia Litigation

FC

FTI Consulting

The big issue with issuing – Can it be done without holding an AFSL?

Australia Finance

HN

Holley Nethercote

Who's in control? Changes of control to a licensed entity and your obligations

Australia Finance

HN

Holley Nethercote

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Corporate Finance

Speeding tickets: ASIC ramps up continuous disclosure enforcement

ASIC increases its enforcement of the continuous disclosure requirements of listed companies under the Corporations Act.

Australia Finance

DP

DLA Piper Australia

Disclosure and liability requirements for retail corporate bonds could be streamlined

Proposals to streamline disclosure and liability requirements for the retail corporate bond market have been released.

Australia Finance

CU

Clayton Utz

Appendix to our guide to the AIFM Directive: update post-ESMA advice

On 21 July 2011, the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (Directive) came into force.

Australia Finance

NR

Norton Rose Fulbright Australia

The New R&D Tax Credit

MA

Moore Australia

Fact, fiction and securities lending

Australia Finance

CU

Clayton Utz

ASIC rewrites the rules on prospectuses

Australia Commercial

CU

Clayton Utz

Private Equity newsletter

Australia Finance

NR

Norton Rose Fulbright Australia

"The Power of the Network" - ILPA updates its Private Equity Principles

Australia Finance

NR

Norton Rose Fulbright Australia

The known unknowns: trading halts made easier by ASX

Australia Commercial

CU

Clayton Utz

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Charges, Mortgages, Indemnities

Funds Update - 26 September 2025

On 18 September 2025 ASIC issued interim stop orders in relation to three credit fund products and on 19 September 2025...

Australia Finance

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Buy Or Rent? Why The Australian Dream Might Be Due For A Makeover

The belief that "rent is dead money and buying is the pathway to prosperity" is widely held in the Australian housing market.

Australia Real Estate

FC

FTI Consulting

M&A Review: Market insights & outlook for 2026

Recent interest rate cuts and lower tariffs are generally supportive of deal activity, but uncertainty in the US is affecting investor confidence.

Australia Finance

HR

Holding Redlich

Green Finance In The Australian Commercial Property Market

Australia Finance

PA

Piper Alderman

2025 Banking Code of Practice - key changes affecting lenders and borrowers

Australia Finance

BP

Bartier Perry

Understanding Unregulated Business Loans

Australia Finance

MF

Matthews Folbigg Lawyers

ESMA's assessment of the MiFID Trade Reporting Framework

Australia Finance

TRAction

Default Dilemma: Mortgagee in Possession vs Receivership

Australia Finance

W

Worrells

Failing to Register a PPSR Security Interest on Time – Legal Risks and Options

Australia Finance

S

Swaab

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Mortgagee in possession?

CP

Cathro & Partners

The Sophie Grace Portal is now live! ACLs - Do you need an ACL?

SG

Sophie Grace Pty Ltd

Signing loan documents electronically

BP

Bennett & Philp Lawyers

It Depends: What documents do I need to pay a pension from my SMSF?

CG

Cooper Grace Ward

Streaming series | An introduction - what is mine streaming?

NR

Norton Rose Fulbright Australia

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