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APAC Monthly Private Wealth Legal Developments - March 2025
Australia, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam - April 15 2025 ASIC has delivered 34 recommendations to superannuation trustees in its Report 806 Taking ownership of death benefits: How trustees can deliver…
APAC Monthly Private Wealth Legal Developments - February 2025
Australia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand - March 7 2025 ASIC has released its latest Enforcement and regulatory update (REP 804) which reveals that over 10,000 investment scam websites and online…
Till debts do us part: marital breakdowns, bankruptcies, and beneficial ownership
United Kingdom - January 23 2025 In DDR v BDR (Financial Remedies, Beneficial Ownership and Insolvency) [2024] EWFC 278 the High Court (Family Division) was tasked with tackling the…
APAC Monthly Private Wealth Legal Developments - December 2024
Australia, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore - January 17 2025 The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released an update in relation to its investigation of the Australian arm of South…
The Price of Success? Recoverability of success fees in financial provision claims
United Kingdom - January 9 2025 The Supreme Court has unanimously overruled the Court of Appeal and found that a "reasonable financial provision" order under the Inheritance…
APAC Monthly Private Wealth Legal Developments - November 2024
Australia, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand - December 4 2024 The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) has reported that the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing…
APAC Monthly Private Wealth Legal Developments - October 2024
Australia, India, United Kingdom - November 7 2024 APRA released its inaugural publication of the fund level data on expenditure covering a broad range of categories, including investment-related…
Trustee conduct in focus following Fashion for Relief inquiry
United Kingdom - November 4 2024 On 26 September 2024, the Charity Commission announced the findings of its inquiry into Fashion for Relief, making headlines due to the celebrity…
APAC Monthly Private Wealth Legal Developments - September 2024
Australia, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand - October 9 2024 ASIC has announced that the Federal Court has ordered Vanguard Investments Australia to pay a $12.9m penalty for misleading and deceptive conduct in…
APAC Monthly Private Wealth Legal Developments - August 2024
Australia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand - September 6 2024 The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released its 2024-25 Corporate Plan, in which it sets out strategic, policy and supervision…
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