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Navigating Australia’s remuneration disclosure rules in 2025

Disclosure of director and senior executive remuneration is not new to corporate Australia, particularly for listed companies.

16 December 2024

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The duty of care and diligence revisited - recent leading opinion and guidance by the AICD and the Courts

In an era of heightened scrutiny and evolving regulatory landscapes over corporate accountability, the duties and responsibilities of company directors have never been more critical.

16 December 2024

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Observations on the FFC decision in ANZ v ASIC (The 2015 capital raising disclosure case)

In 2015, ANZ undertook a $2.5 billion underwritten institutional share placement (with a follow on non-underwritten share purchase plan). About $790 million or just over 30% of the placement was taken up by the underwriters. This was not disclosed by ANZ in the placement completion announcement.

16 December 2024

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Received a request for your register of relevant interest recently? Read on

If you’re reading this you probably now realise that Sorata is not just a small town in Bolivia, but a new company providing share ownership research and data analytics.

16 December 2024

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Regulatory tracker update - November 2024

Since the launch of Owl Advisory’s Corporate Governance Regulatory Tracker in July 2024, we have continued to track the progress of updates, reforms, and amendments to key areas of Australia’s corporate governance framework.

16 December 2024

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Continuous disclosure - the tide turns on shareholder class actions

Plaintiff firms are less likely to rush into continuous disclosure class actions having lost 5 major cases in a row – Myer , Iluka Resources , Worley , CBA and Insignia Financial (formerly IOOF) .

16 December 2024