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Make good obligations in Queensland commercial and retail leases require tenants to return premises to a specified condition at the end of a lease, often involving removal of fitout, repair of damage, and reinstatement of alterations.

Former insolvency lawyer Matthew Kelly joins Simon Cathro to reveal why thousands of Australian business owners unknowingly leave their personal investments unprotected when lending money to their own companies. They explore how proper documentation of director loans and PPSR registrations can dramatically improve restructuring options and provide greater control during financial distress.

ASIC recently issued an infringement notice to Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (Deutsche Bank), which paid a penalty of $2 million for misreporting more than 260,000 over-the-counter (OTC) derivative transactions. This is a step-change in scale for ASIC trade reporting enforcement – roughly four times the combined AMP Life/AMP Capital penalties ($526,000, 2020) and more than fifteen times the Westpac penalty ($127,250, 2017), both issued under the earlier reporting rules regime.