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  • Supplementary submission to ASIC on managing conflicts of interest in litigation schemes

    Content Type: Policy Submission

    13 Mar 2013

    On 13 March 2013, the Australian Institute of Company Directors, at the request of ASIC, provided additional comments in regard to ASIC Consultation Paper 185 – Litigation Schemes and Proof of Debt Schemes - Managing Conflicts of Interest. We responded to the following two questions posed by ASI...

  • Courts get tough on insider trading

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Mar 2013

    Professor Bob Baxt explains how the courts are getting tougher on “white collar” crime and advises directors to ensure they understand their legal obligations, especially the prohibitions against insider trading. There is little doubt that increasing focus is being placed on the performan...

  • Watchdog has your back

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Feb 2013

    John M Green applauds our corporate regulator’s successes on insider trading. Back in the Wild West, before the global financial crisis (GFC), insider trading and market manipulation were thought rampant. But not today, thanks to the efforts of the Australian Securities and Investments Co...

  • More Hardie lessons

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Feb 2013

    Professor Bob Baxt summarises the messages sent by the NSW Court of Appeal in its recent judgment on penalties for James Hardie’s former directors. On Sunday evening 11 November 2012, the eve of the New South Wales Court of Appeal penalty decision in Gilfillan v ASIC [2012] NSWCA 370 invo...

  • Takeaways from the Fortescue case

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Nov 2012

    James Scovell led the team that successfully defended Andrew Forrest in his six-year battle against Australia’s corporate regulator. Here, he talks about the intricacies of the Fortescue case and the lessons directors can learn. Like most long-running matters, this case was incredibly com...

  • Policy Update

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Nov 2012

    A monthly review of the Australian Institute of Company Directors’ policy and advocacy team’s key projects and issues. The future of the AGM Following the release of the Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee (CAMAC) discussion paper The AGM and Shareholder Engagement in Septembe...