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Some Stories Of Genies, Fable And Funk: Regulatory Challenges To Using AI In The Financial Advice Arena

The prevalence of AI in all areas of commercial, as well as personal, usage is undeniable. And that prevalence is only going to increase.

Australia Finance

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

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

KL

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

HR

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

SG

Sophie Grace Pty Ltd

Further Relief For Licensees Under The Reportable Situations Regime

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

Australian private equity trends 2025

Australia Finance

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

ASIC's REP 820: Raising The Bar For Australia's Private Credit Market

Australia Finance

KG

K&L Gates LLP

Update: No Update On AFSL Reforms For Foreign Financial Service Providers

Australia Finance

PA

Piper Alderman

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

Australia Finance

BP

Bennett & Philp Lawyers

Virtual Power Purchase Agreements (VPPAs)

Worldwide Finance

TRAction

How do the end of year holidays affect your trade reporting?

Worldwide Finance

TRAction

Funds Update - 7 November 2025

Australia Finance

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Essential ESG: Episode 25 – Operating Responsibly In Conflict-affected Areas: The Role Of Grievance Mechanisms

Australia Commercial

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

ESSENTIAL ESG SPECIAL EDITION - Responsible AI Governance: Emerging Legal Risks And Regulatory Trends

Australia Technology

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

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

Australia Employment

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Swaab

Can You Dismiss An Employee For Looking For Another Job?

Australia Employment

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Swaab

David Gonski AC On AI And Inclusion (Video)

Australia Technology

AM

Alvarez & Marsal

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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

CC

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

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

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Debt Capital Markets

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

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

The ruling provides guidance on the threshold for establishing a MAC.

Australia Finance

BP

Bennett & Philp Lawyers

Virtual Power Purchase Agreements (VPPAs)

A Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (VPPA) is an instrument that closely follows the financial settlement terms of a Contract for Difference (CFD).

Worldwide 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

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

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

K

Kennedys

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

Australia Finance

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

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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

K

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

FC

FTI Consulting

M&A Review: Market insights & outlook for 2026

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

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Financial Services

Some Stories Of Genies, Fable And Funk: Regulatory Challenges To Using AI In The Financial Advice Arena

The prevalence of AI in all areas of commercial, as well as personal, usage is undeniable. And that prevalence is only going to increase.

Australia Finance

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

A Divorce, A Debt And A Duty: Shao v Crown Global Capital Pty Ltd

On 5 November 2025, the High Court of Australia handed down judgment in Shao v Crown Global Capital Pty Ltd [2025] HCA 43, allowing an appeal from a decision of the New South Wales Court of Appeal...

Australia Commercial

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Private Credit In Australia: Growth, Opportunity, And What's Next For PE Sponsors

The growth in private credit over the past few years means understanding this sector of the debt markets, and the benefits private credit can provide, is increasingly important for Private Equity sponsors.

Australia Commercial

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

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

Australia Finance

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

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

Australia Finance

SG

Sophie Grace Pty Ltd

Further Relief For Licensees Under The Reportable Situations Regime

Australia Finance

SG

Sophie Grace Pty Ltd

The geoeconomic era: investing in a world defined by strategy and security

Australia Commercial

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Global Bank Review 2025

Australia Finance

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

INFO 225 Is Finally Here!

Australia Technology

KG

K&L Gates LLP

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Latest Videos

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Insights into the Australian Economic Environment in 2023

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 – Can I access my super?

CG

Cooper Grace Ward

Streaming series | Intercreditor arrangements

NR

Norton Rose Fulbright Australia

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