Australian finance law created by Mallesons Stephen Jaques

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Part 1 Regulation of financial system Chapter 1 - Regulation and supervision of the Australian financial system, 2 - Payment and clearing systems, 3 - Derivative products and regulation, 4 - Product regulation; Part 2 Capital markets Chapter 5 - Fundraising and disclosure, 6 - Domestic and international debt capital markets, 7 - Securitisation; Part 3 Debt finance Chapter 8 - Loans and bank finance, 9 - Multi-lender financing : syndications, sub-participations and club loans, 10 - Aircraft finance in Australia, 11 - Project and infrastructure financing, 12 - Inventory finance, 13 - Trade financing : export transactions; Part 4 Tax considerations Chapter 14 - Stamp duty issues in financial transaction, 15- GST in finance transactions, Part V Security Chapter 16 Security techniques, 17 - General considerations in taking security, 18 - The fixed and floating charge, 19 - Personal property securities, 20 - Taking security over Australian-owned ships, 21 - Security interests in intellectual property, 22 - Dematerialised and immobilised securities, 23 - Intercreditor issues : subordination and priority, 24 - Guarantees; Part VI Insolvency issues Chapter 25 Insolvent transactions, 26 - Directors' duties to creditors : to wind up or continue trading? , 27 - A practical comparison of corporate insolvency procedures -- Part VII Other current issues Chapter 28 - Set-off and netting, 29 - Banker's duty of confidentiality and privacy, 30 - Responsibility for financial advice. 28

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