Securities And Financial Services Law

Sixth edition of an Australian analysis of the Corporations Act and the operation of the Australian Stock Exchange Business and Listing Rules, first published in 1977. Provides an in-depth, practical overview of the law as it applies to the financial services industry, revised to include major reforms introduced by the Financial Services Reform Act 2001. Topics covered include the regulatory system for securities, regulation of offerings of securities, mergers and acquisitions, licensing of market providers, stock exchanges' internal regulation, compensation regimes for financial markets, licensing of financial intermediaries and insider trading. Includes table of cases, table of legislation and other rules, abbreviations and index. Authors Baxt and Black are partners of leading Australian legal firms. Hanrahan is Deputy Director at the Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation at the University of Melbourne.