1. Note the neutral use of the expression “phoenix firms” in the “FSA factsheet for Authorised Firms: Phoenix Firms” SFDFS108 8/12.
2. In November 2012, the Australian Parliament passed the Fair Entitlements Guarantee Act 2012 (Aust) (FEG Act). For liquidations occurring after 5 December 2012, the Fair Entitlements Guarantee (FEG) replaced the General Employee Entitlement and Redundancy Scheme (GEERS), a scheme of executive government, with one enshrined in legislation. Between 2000 and mid-2012, GEERS and its predecessor, the Employee Entitlements Redundancy Scheme (EESS), paid $1,040,373,956.
3. 2009 Phoenix Proposals Paper (n 3).