Inquiry

Corporations and financial services regulation

11.01.2022

WEBINAR (Re)viewing Twin Peaks in Australia and Abroad

27 January 2022, 6pm-7.30pm
As the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) pursues its inquiry into the legislative framework for corporations and financial services regulation, it is timely to review the Twin Peaks model of financial regulation and its impact on the broader regulatory landscape. Please join us for the webinar ‘(Re)viewing Twin Peaks in Australia and Abroad’.

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20.12.2021

Cutting back the thicket of corporations and financial services law

Proctor Article by Dr William Isdale and Christopher Ash

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15.12.2021

Breaking down the ALRC 12 Days of Christmas

As an end-of-year celebration of the research, analysis and reports completed in 2021, the ALRC team, led by the Hon Justice SC Derrington, have created a festive inquiry-related version of the 12 Days of Christmas. The Inquiry that lasts for three years is the ongoing Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services

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30.11.2021

Financial Services Legislation Interim Report A Released

Interim Report A now online First interim report reveals significant complexity in financial services legislation The ALRC’s first Interim Report as part of a three-year review of complexity in Commonwealth legislation regulating corporations and financial services was today tabled in Parliament. This Interim Report focuses in particular on the use and design of definitions in legislation.   The Commission

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30.11.2021

Legislative data

The ALRC has undertaken qualitative and quantitative analysis of a range of legislative sources, including Commonwealth statutes, and legislative and administrative instruments, and equivalent sources in other jurisdictions. Interim Report B Data Corporations Act 2001 offences and penalties — Point in time: This spreadsheet includes data on offences and civil penalties in the Corporations Act 2001

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30.11.2021

Undue complexity in Australia’s corporations and financial services legislation

This article discusses two of the key themes arising so far from the ALRC’s review into corporations and financial services law – namely, undue complexity, and poor navigability. It also provides a brief overview of some of the reforms suggested in Interim Report A, released on 30 November 2021.

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30.11.2021

First interim report reveals significant complexity in financial services legislation

The ALRC’s first Interim Report as part of a three-year review of complexity in Commonwealth legislation regulating corporations and financial services was today tabled in Parliament. The Commission seeks feedback on 16 proposals, and 8 questions for reform. Submissions are due by Friday 25 February 2022. The report contains 13 Recommendations for reform, relating to

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30.11.2021

Financial Services Legislation: Interim Report A (ALRC Report 137)

The Australian Law Reform Commission report, Financial Services Legislation: Interim Report A (Report 137, 2021), was tabled in Parliament on 30 November 2021. The Report contains recommendations, proposals, and questions in relation to the reform of corporations and financial services legislation.

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30.11.2021

Making a submission

The Financial Services Legislation Final Report was published on 18 January 2024. Submissions closed in July 2023.

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30.11.2021

Data Analysis

As part of its inquiry, the ALRC is collating and analysing data in relation to the design and operation of the legislative framework for corporations and financial services regulation. This analysis will underpin the ALRC’s recommendations for reform. The ALRC will publish select outputs from its data analysis on this webpage so that they are

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