Anti-money laundering laws – where are we at?

All bills before parliament before the 2022 election have lapsed.  Hence, a pre-April 2022 Bill in response to a 2016 recommendation to introduce law to counter money laundering and terrorist financing – by way of a Bill introduced into parliament in February 2022 requiring the government to introduce a Bill into parliament by 30 September […]

The several inquiries into ASIC

There are now several government inquiries into ASIC, directly or indirectly, perhaps indicating either the breadth of ASIC’s remit, or some concern about its work, or “other”. PJC corporate insolvency inquiry The current PJC corporate insolvency inquiry gives some general focus to ASIC in the terms of reference as to the operation of the existing […]