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Private credit’s reckoning: why governance failures are becoming the real risk for AFSL holders and directors
By: Suzanne Craig and Thomas Cavanagh The collapse of Shield, First Guardian and property developer Bathla has transformed private credit from an investment story into a governance story. Suzanne Craig and Thomas Cavanagh examine ASIC's emerging enforcement strategy, the growing exposure of AFSL holders and directors, and the implications for D&O and professional indemnity insurers. Background For much of the last decade, Australia's private credit market has been viewed as ...
New $10 million environmental fines: What dairy farmers and SMEs need to know
By: Neil Beadle and Finlay Watson What has changed? New Zealand's Resource Management Act's new maximum fine of $10 million for corporate offenders has attracted significant attention.1 For large corporates, the message from New Zealand Parliament appears clear. What was once a $600,000 maximum fine has become $10 million. The intent is plainly to expose serious environmental offending to significantly greater penalties. But what does that mean for dairy farmers and ...
2026 Wotton Kearney APIG Scholarship: Winner announced
Congratulations to Roger Wong at SURA Technology Risks on being awarded the 2026 Wotton Kearney APIG Scholarship. This year’s applicants were asked to identify a major issue in their area of insurance and propose how it could be resolved. Roger impressed the judging panel with his submission on ‘Information Asymmetry in the World of Cyber Insurance’, exploring the importance on helping small businesses better understand the benefits of cyber risk ...