At the conclusion of the 2016 AGM season, we conducted our annual survey of remuneration report voting for S&P/ASX 1001entities.
Mergers & Acquisitions Review 2013
On 16 August 2013, the ASX released two consultation papers in relation to its Corporate Governance guidelines: one, proposing updates to the Corporate Governance Principles & Recommendations; and...
The US Department of Justice and the Securities & Exchange Commission last week issued their long-awaited Resources Guide to foreign bribery, investigations and prosecutions under the US Foreign...
In Crescent Gold [2011] ATP 14, the Takeovers Panel has dealt with a thorny takeovers issue, that has has been troubling market participants for over a decade. This decision should be persuasive...
The High Court will soon rule on two key corporate and securities law decisions. In each case, Acumen has reported on the lower Court decisions...
On 21 March 2011, ASX issued a "Concept Release" as part of ASX's SME, Mid-Cap and Micro-Cap Equity Market Review. The Review is seeking to question whether ASX's "one size fits all" approach to...
In January 2011, Treasury released an Options Paper on the wholesale v retail client distinction, as part of the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) project.The paper floats a number of options for a...
JWS made a submission to ASX commenting on the consultation paper and exposure draft relating to proposed amendments to the ASX Listing...
In January 2011, Treasury released an Options Paper on the wholesale v retail client distinction, as part of the Future of Financial Advice (or FOFA...
In January 2011, ASX issued a consultation paper and exposure draft containing proposed listing rule amendments to facilitate commonly used forms of rights issues known as ...accelerated offers...
At the conclusion of the 2010 "AGM Season" we conducted a survey of the business of
In our December 2010 issue of Acumen, we published an article summarising the Exposure Draft - Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Director and Executive Remuneration) Bill 2011 and...
ASIC has issued Consultation Paper 143: Expert reports and independence of experts: Update to RG111 and RG112. In CP143 ASIC proposes changes to its two regulatory guides dealing with content of...
Chartered Secretaries Australia and the Australasian Investor Relations Association have issued guidance on handling confidential, price-sensitive information. This is in response to ASIC's...
At the conclusion of the 2012 AGM season, we conducted a survey of the business of AGMs of ASX listed companies in 2012 on a similar basis to our surveys of the 2010 and 2011 AGM...
ASIC's action against Andrew Forrest and Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) is now over. The result in the High Court was an emphatic victory for Forrest and FMG after 6 years of hard fought...
The Companies and Markets Advisory Committee recently issued a Discussion Paper on The AGM and Shareholder Engagement, following a reference from the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer in...
The decision of the High Court in the James Hardie litigation has important implications for non-executive directors (and those who advise them), for general counsel, company secretaries and others...
On 28 November 2011, Treasury issued a Discussion Paper in response to, among other things, concerns about the new dividend provisions inserted into the Corporations Act by the Corporations
On 21 June, the Australian Tax Office (ATO) issued two draft 'fact sheets' relating to the taxation of the payment of dividends. This follows amendments to section 254T of the Corporations Act...
As foreshadowed in the December 2010 edition of Acumen, on 21 March 2011 the UK Takeover Panel Code Committee issued a Consultation Paper on a number of proposed amendments to The Takeover Code...
On 30 March 2011, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission issued updated Regulatory Guides on Related party transactions (RG 76), Content of expert reports (RG 111) and Independence of...
On 12 April ASIC issued a Consultation Paper and draft Regulatory Guide concerning new proposals to give guidance on the ...clear, concise and effective... requirement for prospectuses, as well as...