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Corporate Governance Symposium 2025
On Monday, 11 August 2025, MinterEllisonRuddWatts held its 22nd annual Corporate Governance Symposium for directors and senior executives at the Pullman in Auckland. The Symposium began with a welcome from MinterEllisonRuddWatts Partner Mark Forman who introduced the topic for discussion at this year’s symposium: ‘Governing for growth’.
Reform of the New Zealand foreign investment regime
The reform of the Overseas Investment Act 2005 (Act) will bring significant change to the regime. Will these changes be enough to achieve the Government’s vision? Fundamentally, the reform will displace the Act’s core purpose that it is a privilege to own sensitive assets in New Zealand with a more balanced approach.
Public M&A in focus: Structuring trends and insights
Click here to listen to the audio In this episode, Corporate partners Isaac Stewart and Igor Drinkovic discuss the intricacies of public mergers and acquisitions. Together they provide an overview of public M&A, including structuring options, current market trends, and key considerations for target directors when faced with a takeover offer. [00:28] Isaac asks Igor to explain the fundamental differences between public and private M&A.
Corporate governance law reform
The Government has announced a two-phase process seeking to reform corporate governance laws. In the first phase the Government is looking to update corporate legislation to reflect modern business practices, make compliance simpler and deter and detect poor business practices. In other words, this phase seeks to resolve uncontroversial problems to improve the performance of our corporate legislation, and aspects of our insolvency law.
Public M&A transactions: Structuring trends and target considerations
The recent spike in public M&A activity continues with potential new take-private transactions continuing to be announced. Our firm advised on the most recent deal being the friendly takeover of Volpara Health Technologies (ASX: VHT) by Lunit, a medical AI company (listed on the KOSDAQ board of the Korea Exchange) developing AI solutions for precision diagnostics and therapeutics.
Summary of recent amendments to the NZX Listing Rules
Following consultations late last year, NZX has announced amendments to the NZX Listing Rules (Rules). The amendments: introduce requirements for Issuers to appoint Authorised Representatives; and clarify Issuers’ climate-related disclosure annual reporting obligations. We have summarised in this article the key changes for Issuers to be aware of. A mark-up of the amendments to the Rules and guidance/practice notes can be found here.
Greenwashing penalty action win for ASIC
On 28 March 2024, the Federal Court found that Vanguard contravened the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (ASIC Act) in relation to representations about the ESG exclusionary screens that were applied to the Vanguard Ethically Conscious Global Aggregate Bond Index Fund (Fund). Links to the judgment and the media release are available here and . Who needs to read it? Why?
External legal reviews for climate-related disclosures
The climate-related disclosures (CRD) regime is in full swing, with the first climate statements for reporting periods that started on 1 January 2023 due to be published by 30 April 2024. The Registrar of Companies has opened the Climate-related Disclosures Register and as at 9am today four climate statements have been filed, for entities with calendar reporting periods.
Amended NZX capital raising settings effective 15 January 2024
NZX has announced that it has completed its review of the capital raise settings within the NZX Listing Rules (Rules) and the resulting amendments will come into effect on 15 January 2024. We have summarised the various key amendments in an earlier article which can be found here. The key change coming out of the consultation is to permit the use of accelerated non-renounceable entitlement offers (ANREOs) in New Zealand, together with updating SPP thresholds.
Proposed exemption for climate-related disclosures timing challenge
Today, the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has announced that they are considering a class exemption for certain climate reporting entities (CREs) from the requirement to include a link to their climate statements in their annual report under the climate-related disclosures (CRD) regime. A link to the consultation document is available here. Who should read this? Why?
FMA releases further climate disclosure guidance
Today, the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) published further guidance on climate-related disclosures (CRD) obligations. This comprised of the long awaited consultation and draft guidance on record-keeping, and two information sheets: one on the CRD monitoring oversight plan from 2023-2026, and another on the use of third-party providers by climate reporting entities (CREs) for CRD.
Director action points for climate reporting
New Zealand’s new mandatory climate related disclosures regime (CRD) came into effect earlier this year and is contained primarily in Part 7A of the Financial Markets Conduct Act (FMCA). The CRD regime applies by law to about 200 of New Zealand’s largest financial institutions and NZX listed companies. The first climate reporting period will be the first financial year starting on or after 1 January 2023.
Financial Reporting Guide for SMEs 2023
Overview As the new climate reporting standards continue to make headlines, it is important for small and medium-sized businesses in New Zealand to stay informed about their financial reporting obligations, even if the climate standards do not directly affect them. Navigating the complex financial reporting landscape in New Zealand can be challenging, but compliance is essential. This article is designed to provide SMEs with an overview of their financial reporting obligations.
NZX announces public consultation on capital raising settings
Following the outbreak of COVID-19, NZX introduced a number of relief measures to assist issuers to raise capital urgently. In light of the recent experience and global market trends, NZX has announced that it is undertaking a targeted review on capital raising settings and is seeking feedback on its proposals through a public consultation.
OIO temporary emergency notification requirement extended | Lexology
New Zealand February 24 2021 Temporary notification requirement The New Zealand Government has announced that it is retaining the temporary emergency notification regime, which has been in force since 16 June 2020, for another 90 days. The Ministers have completed a review of the regime and concluded that the ongoing effects of COVID-19 on the New Zealand economy justify the notification regime continuing to remain in place.
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