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New penalties for Unfair Contract Terms call for an immediate review of your Standard Form Contracts
09 Aug 2023On 9 November 2023, a substantial expansion of the unfair contract terms laws (the UCT laws) in the Australian Consumer Law (ACL) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act
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New Breach Reporting Regime: as simple as assembling a springless trampoline
08 Dec 2020After browsing the recently-tabled 153-page Financial Sector Reform Bill, I was struck by the irony of Hayne’s comments in his Interim Report: Should the existing law be administered or enforced
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Modern slavery laws and their impact on the financial services industry
30 Aug 2019Readers may be forgiven for thinking that the practice of slavery is now only of historical interest – having been largely abolished in the 19th century. While that is true of what is calle
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Mismanaging client data can cost you! Lessons to be learned from Equifax
30 Jun 2019Late 2018, UK based Equifax Ltd was issued with a penalty of 500,000GBP by the Information Commissioner (UK) (the Commissioner) in relation to a privacy breach. The breach occurred under pre General D
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Managed investment schemes (MIS) and when they must be registered
01 Sep 2023The term “managed investment scheme” is often used but not always well understood. You might have come across the term while planning a new business venture which will involve attracting investo
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Liability of a Responsible Manager – Who’s responsible when things go wrong?
06 Aug 2021The Responsible Manager (RM) of a licensee plays a key role under the financial services and credit licensing regimes. However, many RMs are concerned as to their responsibilities and lia
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Keeping your AML/CTF Program up-to-date
01 Apr 2021Outsourcing KYC obligations If you are bound by the Australian Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF) legislation[1], (that is, you are a “reporting entity”), you must ha
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It’s time to dust off your conflicts of interest policy
27 Jun 2018Earlier this year, ASIC launched a crusade against poor financial advice. ASIC looked at how some of Australia’s larger banking and financial services institutions dealt with conflict of
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Is your Standard Form Contract Bullet Proof from Unfair Terms?
11 Oct 2016Are you a franchisor? ...or a financial services provider with authorised representatives? ...or a credit provider? ...or a service provider? Do you have a standard form contract that you
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Is the end coming for the Sophisticated Investor?
22 Oct 2018The distinction between wholesale and retail clients is a fundamental part of the financial services laws. The continuing increase in retail client regulation over recent years (such as th