Dear alsbtalk



G'day from Down Under



Here at Monash University we are running two financial services legal seminars in Melbourne, Australia.  May be of interest to ASLBers in the area, or considering a long haul flight to mid summer in February (90 degrees) or mid winter in July (60 degrees):



1.  Insider trading (10 and 11 Feb 2006):



http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/depts/blt/insider_trading_regulation_workshop.php



2.  Broker and client changes (14 and 15 July 2006):



Financial Services Reform (FSR) in Australia in 2004 aimed to promote confident and informed decision making by investors; to promote fairness, honesty and professionalism in the financial services industry, and to promote fair orderly and transparent markets for financial products.  



Papers include



The aims of FSR,  and its track record two years later

Ian Johnson, ex-ASIC FSR draftsman, now at the HK Securities and Futures Commission (confirmed)



Wealth management, advice and FSR after the first two years – lessons arising

Professor Berna Collier, Commissioner, ASIC, Brisbane (confirmed)



FSR after two years – the stockbroker perspective



US broker/client developments, including Sarbanes-Oxley, especially its application to broker research and the whole conflict issue, and lessons for Australia. US speaker to be confirmed. Securities Industry Association (US)?



Disclosure theory, corporate governance and does FSR get it 

right?   



Effect of FSR on the accounting profession



Effect of  FSR on financial planning



Effect of FSR on the insurance industry



Effect of FSR on the real estate industry



Look forward to meeting you Down Under



Paul Latimer

Business Law and Taxation

Monash University



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