Archive:October 30, 2023

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Australia: Mandatory Climate Reporting – The Draft Australian Standards are Here!
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Hong Kong Proposes Guidelines for Market Soundings

Australia: Mandatory Climate Reporting – The Draft Australian Standards are Here!

By: Jim Bulling, Lisa Lautier and Ben Kneebush

On 23 October 2023, the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) released the long-awaited Exposure Draft outlining the Australian climate-related reporting standards.

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Hong Kong Proposes Guidelines for Market Soundings

By: Carolyn Sng and Tan Choo Lye

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong is consulting on new guidelines to regulate market soundings in advance of transactions such as private placements and block trades. Market soundings are the communication of non-public information (whether price-sensitive or not) with potential investors prior to the announcement of the transaction to gauge investor interest or assist in determining the specifications of the potential transaction. It can be an integral part of price discovery, but the process may be open to abuse if parties trade on the back of non-public information obtained.

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