With heightened risk in the construction sector, lenders are continuing to exercise greater caution, meticulously evaluating every aspect of a project before committing resources. Given the critical role of investment and finance in real estate and property development, a lack of funding or excessive cost-of-capital could spell doom for construction projects before they even clear the approval stage.
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Just because you own an asset, doesn’t mean it’s yours to keep. If your business hires or loans equipment to third parties and you don’t comply with the PPSA, you have little protection over your equipment should your customer go broke. The collapse of Kentor Minerals proves spectacularly how security interest now beats legal title.
https://www.edxppsr.com.au/contactWhen it comes to protecting your business from bad debt, where do you turn: trade credit insurance or the PPSR?
As global efforts to reduce money laundering and terrorist funding increase, so does the onus on Australian financial institutions to carry out politically exposed person (PEP) and sanction screening.
When a customer goes out of business before you’ve been paid, there’s one important way to protect yourself: the PPSR. This court case shows how registering your security interests on the PPSR will give you a seat at the negotiating table and a real chance to recover goods or money owed.
Path beyond Australia's Banking Royal Commission
Over the past three years, the words 'Banking Royal Commission' became part of Australia’s conversation about itself, starting as an argument about whether to have an inquiry and then later as we watched the court room drama of the 2018 hearings unfold.
When you renew your expiring registrations on the PPSR, should you be registering “Transitional” or “Non-Transitional. If you get it wrong, your registration may be invalid, and you may lose your goods.https://www.edxppsr.com.au/contact
We are increasingly apprehensive about machines making unrestrained, unexplainable and potentially biased decisions that may impact our lives and wellbeing. Can we accept decisions when they aren’t reasonably understandable and appear unfair?
A creditor's response to external administration can mean the difference between writing off the debt or achieving a recovery. Here Karl Hill looks at how creditors can enforce their rights and what can be done to hold external administrators accountable.
How to screen for sanctions and Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs): 6 strategies that could help you protect your business.
