Securities and financial services law / Robert Baxt, Ashley Black, [and] Pamela Hanrahan.

Chatswood, N.S.W. : LexisNexis Butterworths, 2016.

9th ed.

87667

Securities -- Australia.

Investments -- Australia.

Financial services industry -- Law and legislation -- Australia.

Stock exchanges -- Law and legislation -- Australia.

Part 1: Introduction

Chapter 1: Regulating securities and markets

Chapter 2: Administration of the securities and financial services laws

Chapter 3: Defining financial products

Part 2: Issuers

Chapter 4: Regulation of securities offerings

Chapter 5: Conducting a regulated securities offer

Chapter 6: Offering managed investments, derivatives and other financial products

Chapter 7: Continuous disclosure

Chapter 8: Liability for defective disclosure

Chapter 9: Investor claims for defective disclosure

Part 3: Markets

Chapter 10: Market infrastructure providers

Chapter 11: Overview of regulation of the securities markets and the regulation of market participants

Chapter 12: Enforceability of the ASX listing rules

Part 4 Intermediaries

Chapter 13: Australian financial services licensing

Chapter 14: Financial services licensees and their clients

Chapter 15: Consumer protection

Part 5: Market conduct

Chapter 16: Market misconduct, prohibited conduct and short selling

Chapter 17: Insider trading.

Now in its ninth edition, Securities and Financial Services Law is the leading legal analysis of securities and financial services law and regulation in Australia. The book provides a comprehensive and practical treatment of the relevant parts of the Corporations Act and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) Act, the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) Listing and ASIC Market Integrity Rules, ASIC policy, the market competition and Future of Financial Advice reforms, as well as reference to relevant case law. An introductory chapter presents an overview of the development and shape of securities regulation in Australia. The balance of the work is structured into parts focusing on securities and financial product issuers, including continuous disclosure requirements, investor claims for defective disclosure and securities class actions; markets; intermediaries; and market conduct regulation. Written by leading experts in the field, this book is a valuable resource for law and business students, legal practitioners, securities industry professionals, bankers and accountants. - Publisher's website.

Previous edition: 2012.

Includes index.

9780409343069

lxxii, 781 p. ; 24 cm