Government

New Zealand – corporate insolvency practitioner regulation

The New Zealand government has called for submissions on the proposed minimum standards and conditions for the licensing of insolvency ...

Small business insolvency – the Ombudsman inquiry

The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman has established an inquiry into “the insolvency system” to report by February ...

ASIC’s deterrence message – “no point just communicating this into the Fin Review”.

ASIC gave some useful insights before the recent Senate oversight hearing[1] on 13 September as to the reality of the ...

ASIC’s period of external scrutiny

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is properly subject to parliamentary oversight, apart from the on-going scrutiny it receives from ...

Regulation of Australian insolvency practitioners – UK and NZ compared

I am pleased to be soon presenting to various groups on the regulation of Australian insolvency practitioners, with some comparisons ...

International Association of Insolvency Regulators’ Conference – 2019

Australia is attending and presenting at the annual insolvency regulators’ conference, along with regulators from the UK, the US, New ...

Report on targeting of people in financial hardship

The Economics References Committee has issued its report, on time, following its inquiry into ‘Credit and hardship: report of the ...