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Funds Update - 7 November 2025

ASIC has released four reports following its capital markets discussion paper released in February 2025 reported on in our funds alert of 28 February 2025 and report 814 reported...

Australia Finance

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Services Agreements in financial services. What are the essentials?

What are Services Agreements? Why do I need one? What should it include? Can I just use AI to draft it?

Australia Finance

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Holley Nethercote

ASIC's ‘Nexus Derivatives' – What are they?

What is a nexus derivative? What is a reporting entity? Are foreign retail platforms & their offshore brokers caught?

Australia Finance

TRAction

Easy guide to Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs)

What is an LEI? How is it used? Who needs one? LEIs within regulatory reporting.

Australia Finance

TRAction

Private Debt Surges Past $224 Billion, Marking A New Era Of Financial Momentum In Australia

Australia Finance

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Alvarez & Marsal

LEI Status Requirements – Which May Lapse, And Which Require Renewal?

Australia Finance

TRAction

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

Australia Finance

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

UPIs – What Information Is Needed To Search/create A UPI?

Australia Finance

TRAction

No Conflict Rule: A Reminder For AFSL Holders

Australia Finance

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Kennedys

Is XAU/USD Classed As FX Or Commodity For Reporting?

Australia Finance

TRAction

Funds Update - 24 October 2025

Australia Finance

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Professions And Financial Lines Brief - Latest Decisions October 2025

Australia Finance

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Kennedys

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

Australia Finance

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

A guide to lender securities in Australia - What borrowers & lenders need to know

Australia Finance

BP

Bartier Perry

Inside Safety Podcast Series - Episode 3, Part 1 - Director's Duties

Australia Employment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Employment Relations Podcast #45 – Employment Law For The Time Poor… Live!

Australia Employment

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Piper Alderman

What Happens When An Employee Runs Out Of Sick Leave?

Australia Employment

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Swaab

New road rules and driving offences come into effect across Australia

Australia Transport

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Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Michael Byrnes discusses the Westpac WFH case on 2SM with Tim Webster

Australia Employment

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Swaab

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Alternative Investment Funds

Capital Adequacy/BASEL

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

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

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?

Australia Finance

TRAction

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

Australia Finance

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Torys LLP

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

Australia Finance

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Sophie Grace Pty Ltd

Operational Resilience – Predicting The Unpredictable

Worldwide Finance

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

The 2019 EU Securitisation Regulations And The Australian RMBS Market

Australia Commercial

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Mayer Brown

PPSA in practice - big trouble in little security

Australia Commercial

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Bartier Perry

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Debt Capital Markets

Private Debt Surges Past $224 Billion, Marking A New Era Of Financial Momentum In Australia

Global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) today released fresh insights into Australia's private debt market. Its latest Australian Private Debt Market Review 2025 reveals a robust growth trajectory as assets under management reach A$224 billion - a strong 9% increase from 2024.

Australia Finance

AM

Alvarez & Marsal

Australian Private Debt Market Review 2025

Australia's private debt market is undergoing a revolution. Once a niche segment of the financial landscape, it has now emerged as a central pillar of capital deployment, with assets under management reaching an impressive...

Australia Commercial

AM

Alvarez & Marsal

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

The Roses Have Wilted And Only A Few Less Thorns—Australia's Finalised Third Party Debt Test Guidance

AM

Alvarez & Marsal

Professions And Financial Lines Brief - Latest Decisions October 2025

Australia Finance

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Kennedys

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

Australia Finance

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Private credit and non-performing loans: navigating risk in the Australian debt market

Australia Finance

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

APAC Monthly Private Wealth Legal Developments – September 2025

Worldwide Finance

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Backloading Collateral & Valuation Information under EMIR Rules

Australia Finance

TRAction

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Charges, Mortgages, Indemnities

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

Professions And Financial Lines Brief - Latest Decisions October 2025

A roundup of the latest court decisions touching on breach of warranty, the interpretation of "any one loss" and how conditional arbitration clauses interact with ongoing BI claims.

Australia Finance

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Kennedys

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

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

A guide to lender securities in Australia - What borrowers & lenders need to know

Australia Finance

BP

Bartier Perry

Funds Update - 26 September 2025

Australia Finance

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

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

Australia Real Estate

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FTI Consulting

M&A Review: Market insights & outlook for 2026

Australia Finance

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Holding Redlich

Green Finance In The Australian Commercial Property Market

Australia Finance

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Piper Alderman

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

Australia Finance

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Bartier Perry

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Financial Services

Funds Update - 7 November 2025

ASIC has released four reports following its capital markets discussion paper released in February 2025 reported on in our funds alert of 28 February 2025 and report 814 reported...

Australia Finance

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

"My Financial Adviser should have spotted the scam, so they're liable for my losses". Which case won?

Discusses recent case where the UK Financial Ombudsman had to determine whether the financial adviser was responsible for the loss caused by a scam.

Australia Litigation

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Stacks Law Firm

Services Agreements in financial services. What are the essentials?

What are Services Agreements? Why do I need one? What should it include? Can I just use AI to draft it?

Australia Finance

HN

Holley Nethercote

Easy guide to Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs)

Australia Finance

TRAction

Private Debt Surges Past $224 Billion, Marking A New Era Of Financial Momentum In Australia

Australia Finance

AM

Alvarez & Marsal

Australian Private Debt Market Review 2025

Australia Commercial

AM

Alvarez & Marsal

LEI Status Requirements – Which May Lapse, And Which Require Renewal?

Australia Finance

TRAction

Shareholder Disapproval: ASX Proposes Shareholder Approval Requirements For Mergers And Takeovers

Australia Commercial

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K&L Gates LLP

The Roses Have Wilted And Only A Few Less Thorns—Australia's Finalised Third Party Debt Test Guidance

AM

Alvarez & Marsal

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Latest Videos

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Insights into the Australian Economic Environment in 2023

CP

Cathro & Partners

[Video] Do I need an AFSL?

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Sophie Grace Pty Ltd

It Depends – Can my SMSF engage a related party builder?

CG

Cooper Grace Ward

Signing loan documents electronically

BP

Bennett & Philp Lawyers

Streaming series | An introduction - what is mine streaming?

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Norton Rose Fulbright Australia

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