Panel discussion from the second seminar of UNSW Law's series "In Who or What Do We Trust?" UNSW's Centre for Law, Markets and Regulation presents Prof Lynn Stout, the Paul Hastings Distinguished Professor of Corporate and Securities Law at UCLA.

Can corporations' relentless focus on maximising shareholder wealth actually harm investors? UNSW's Professor Justin O'Brien talks to UCLA's Professor Lynn Stout about her ideas which challenge traditional views on corporate law and the shareholder.

The proposed Personal Liability for Corporate Fault Reform Bill 2012 (“Bill”) represents the first tranche of the Commonwealth Government’s response to the Directors’ Liability reform project, which forms part of the Council of Australian Governments’ National Partnership Agreement to Deliver a Seam

The Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee has published an information paper on some of the approaches taken in Australia and internationally in respect of the regulation of executive remuneration arrangements, including the use and implications of various types of incentives and reporting on

The report prepared by the Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee responds to a request from the Australian Government for advice on the suitability of the legislative definition of “derivative” for today’s derivatives markets and whether it may be possible to decrease complexity in this area o

The Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee have released a discussion paper considering a range of matters concerning managed investment schemes.

The Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee has released a report examining the possibility of reducing the complexity of executive remuneration reports and revising the remuneration setting framework to simplify the incentive components of these arrangements.

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has published for consultation a discussion paper outlining its proposals to introduce a new prudential standard for authorised deposit-taking institutions that issue covered bonds.

The Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority has announced that it proposes to apply the new Basel III global liquidity standards to the larger authorised deposit-taking institutions.