This paper seeks to establish what form of management structure, ownership structure and financial characteristics are exhibited by firms that propose and subsequently adopt anti-takeover charter amendments (ATCAs) in Australia. An ATCA is a restriction of partial takeover activity implemented...

This research report provides detailed analysis of data collected from a major survey into how company directors balance the competing and sometimes conflicting interests of stakeholder groups, including employees, creditors and shareholders. The findings have significant policy implications....

This research report presents findings from a survey of employee share ownership practice in Australian listed companies. The research focused on broad-based employee share ownership plans (ESOPs): that is, plans that are open to a majority of employees within the company. The purpose of this...

This research report contains the findings of 10 case studies of Australian companies undertaken as part of a project to better understand the relationships between corporate structure, corporate governance and labour relations. We first sought to assess each of our case study companies...

The duty imposed on company directors under Australian law to not have the company of which they are a director trade while it is insolvent is controversial. The recent introduction of a safe harbour for directors' personal liability for breach of the duty to prevent insolvent trading highlights...

Internal dispute resolution (IDR) is an essential part of the dispute resolution framework for resolving the complaints by consumers about products or services provided by Australian financial firms. Consumers must first raise their complaint with the financial firm before they can ask the...

To what extent do companies insert provisions in their constitutions that modify the duties imposed on company directors? This question is of particular significance in relation to conflicts of interest. In this research note, the authors endeavour to answer this question by examining the...

This article compares reforms to directors' liability for insolvent trading in Singapore and in Australia. The authors analyse the law in these two countries because they are important Asia-Pacific trading partners and their laws were originally largely the same – Singapore's law on insolvent...

The Australian Banking Industry Ombudsman (ABIO) was the first external dispute resolution (EDR) scheme set up and funded by industry members at a national level in Australia. It came into operation in 1990. The ABIO was a significant first step in the development of EDR schemes to resolve...