The crowd-sourced funding (CSF) regime has recently been amended to expand its application to proprietary companies. The CSF regime was established to facilitate access to fundraising for small businesses and…

ASIC recently released its regular half-yearly update on the regulation of corporate finance: Report 589. The regulator has identified the promotion of initial public offerings (IPOs) as a focus area…

For years, wholesale fund managers have spent time explaining the trust and managed investment scheme (MIS) structures to foreign investors from either civil law jurisdictions or countries where trusts are…

Prior to the end of each financial year, ASIC releases guidance to publicly listed companies (and other reporting entities) on its “focus areas” for financial reports. ASIC has recently released…