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NZ insolvency practitioner co-regulation – new law proposed
In a forthcoming article, I examine an aspect of Australia’s new regime for the (over) regulation of insolvency practitioners, which ...
Review of insolvency practitioner regulation
A review of aspects of the disciplinary process for insolvency practitioners that was introduced by the Insolvency Law Reform Act ...
Cross-border regulation of insolvency practitioners
The Insolvency Law Reform Act 2016 introduced a stronger regulatory regime over insolvency practitioners. It may not have been noticed ...
Insolvency practitioner regulation – New Zealand & Australia
Comparing NZ insolvency law with Australia’s, in preparation for the BFSLA conference this week on 1 September 2017, the day ...
International insolvency regulation – London 2017
The annual meeting of the International Association of Insolvency Regulators, IAIR, is being held in London, from 4 to 7 ...
ASIC’s 2017 annual report – what to expect in insolvency regulation
Report 532 ASIC’s regulation of registered liquidators: January to December 2016 is a rather dense and detailed report which explains ...
Funding personal and corporate insolvency regulation
ASIC and AFSA ASIC The funding of ASIC under the draft ASIC Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy Regulations 2017 by way of ...
Whistleblowing, as a means of professional regulation?
The use of whistleblowers in the regulation of tax and corporate law, and the bases for incentivizing and protecting them, are ...
Funding of ASIC’s insolvency regulation – what has the Attorney-General got to say?
Bills have been introduced into parliament to provide funding for ASIC’s regulation of the industries and professions it regulates. In ...
ASIC’s regulation of unlawful phoenix activity – report 513
ASIC’s latest enforcement report – REP 513 ASIC enforcement outcomes: July to December 2016 – says up front that it ...
Another new co-regulation regime for insolvency practitioners – NZ, following the UK and India
Just as India has introduced co-regulation of its new breed of insolvency practitioners, so has New Zealand acted on a ...
Gaps and weaknesses in our system of financial regulation
The government is yet to respond to weaknesses in our laws that deal with the financial distress or collapse of ...
New Zealand – the outlier of international insolvency regulation
Australia and other countries will be relieved that New Zealand is again looking at licensing and regulating its insolvency practitioners. ...
Insolvency trends – should they be higher?
Recent figures show trends in insolvencies in Australia – nothing too significant at a macro level though distressing at a ...
ASIC’s updated guidance on liquidator registration and discipline; AFSA; and the ART
ASIC has released updated regulatory guidance on statutory committee registration and discipline processes, and related issues: see Revised Regulatory Guide ...
Gender balance in the insolvency industry
With women comprising only around 10% of insolvency practitioners, the issue of gender balance continues to receive attention, among broader ...
Reviewing liquidators – under review?
ASIC has announced that it has appointed 15 new members to its Reviewing Liquidator Panel, following the expiry of the ...
Liquidator’s sentencing adjourned to 29 November; trustee’s hearing further extended to 15 November
Peter Amos The sentencing of former liquidator Peter Amos was on 13 September adjourned to Friday 29 November 2024. The ...
ASIC’s civil penalty regime – an academic review
In the midst of a focus on the enforcement activity of ASIC following a critical Senate Committee report,[1] we have ...
Splitting ASIC 2024 and the 2010 Senate Committee Report
In the discussions about separating ASIC’s tasks following the July 2024 Senate Economics References Committee report – Australian Securities and ...
Senate report on ASIC’s investigation and enforcement roles – July 2024
The Senate Economics References Committee has issued its Report – Australian Securities and Investments Commission – investigation and enforcement, of ...
The 2023 Parliamentary Joint Committee Report and insolvency law reform?
While the federal government is yet to give its response to the PJC Report on Corporate Insolvency of July 2023, ...
ASIC’s review of offence reporting – RG 16
In response to the PJC Report, although a bit premature, ASIC is reviewing its RG 16, on offence reporting obligations, ...
“Thousands and thousands of pounds have been lost …”
By way of an update to this post, on 11 June 2024 the Federal Court adjourned the 14 June case ...
