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  • The value of a culture of compliance

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Apr 2013

    Professor Bob Baxt reviews some recent court cases that highlight the importance of ensuring your companies have a proper culture of compliance in place. Directors, senior managers and officers of companies in Australia (referred to as directors here) are, of course, very familiar with spec...

  • Insider Trading

    Content Type: Director Q and A

    31 Jan 2013

    Insider trading is the trading of securities while in possession of information which is not generally available and this is prohibited within the Corporations Act. This Q&A discusses what activities are prohibited, the various exceptions, and the penalties for individuals convicted of insider t...

  • Continuous Disclosure Requirements

    Content Type: Director Q and A

    31 Jan 2013

    A listed company has an obligation to continuously disclose information which may have an effect on its market price or value. Continuous disclosure is based on the principle that all investors should have equal and timely access to information about a company. This Q&A explains ASX listing Rule...

  • Personal Liability for Corporate Fault Reform Bill 2012 (second tranche)

    Content Type: Policy Submission

    28 Jun 2012

    This submission is in response to the Australian Government’s Exposure Draft of the Personal Liability for Corporate Fault Reform Bill 2012 (C’th)(second tranche)(the Draft Bill). The Australian Institute of Company Directors has closely monitored the progress of the current COAG reform...

  • Submission on the Tax Laws Amendment (2012 Measures No. 2) Bill

    Content Type: Policy Submission

    02 May 2012

    This submission to the Business Tax Division of the Treasury is regarding the Tax Laws Amendment (2012 Measures No. 2) Bill 2012. The Australian Institute of Company Directors has significant reservations about the Bill. The Bill proposes to extend the personal liability of directors to...

  • Submission to Senate Economics Legislation Committee on Corporations Amendment (Phoenixing and Other Measures) Bill 2012

    Content Type: Policy Submission

    11 Apr 2012

    This submission, lodged with the Senate Economics Legislation Committee, is regarding the Corporations Amendment (Phoenixing and Other Measures) Bill 2012. The Bill gives ASIC powers to wind up companies if particular conditions are met, allows for the publication of external administration notices ...

  • New laws signal problems for directors

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Apr 2012

    Professor Bob Baxt warns that the new price-signalling legislation could pose a problem for unwary directors of finance and other organisations structuring arrangements for troubled companies. One of the more significant legislative initiatives taken by the Federal Government late last y...

  • Submission to Treasury on Corporations Amendment (Similar Names) Bill 2012

    Content Type: Policy Submission

    29 Feb 2012

    This submission to Treasury is in response to the Exposure Draft of the Corporations Amendment (Similar Names) Bill 2012. The purpose of the Bill is to prevent operators of phoenix companies from exploiting the concept of limited liability by setting up new companies for the p...