Corporate Risk Intelligence services may be utilised by:

• Trade creditors
• Suppliers
• Professional service firms
• Insolvency practitioners
• Restructuring advisers
• Commercial financiers
• Asset-based lenders
• Investors
• Credit managers
• Risk and compliance professionals
• Corporate advisory firms
• Business owners and directors

The Division seeks to assist commercial organisations better understand corporate risk and make informed commercial decisions.

The Corporate Risk Intelligence Division may provide corporate monitoring, alerting and reporting services to commercial subscribers.

Subscribers may include:

• Trade creditors
• Financial institutions
• Asset-based lenders
• Insolvency practitioners
• Legal practitioners
• Professional advisers
• Credit managers
• Risk managers
• Procurement teams
• Investors and investment managers

Subscription services may include monitoring, alerting, reporting and corporate risk intelligence relating to incorporated entities and commercial organisations.

Monitoring and analysis of court proceedings, litigation activity and outcomes involving Australian companies. This includes:

• Court outcome monitoring
• Default judgment monitoring
• Proceeding identification
• Litigation event tracking
• Debt enforcement intelligence
• Commercial dispute monitoring
• Court outcome reporting
• Litigation risk identification

Identification and monitoring of insolvency events affecting Australian companies. This includes:

• Winding up applications
• Liquidation events
• Voluntary administrations
• Receiverships
• Deeds of Company Arrangement
• Deregistration activity
• Insolvency risk indicators
• External administration events
• Creditor action monitoring

Ongoing monitoring of significant corporate developments and risk events. This includes:

• Company status monitoring
• Director appointment tracking
• Director resignation tracking
• Registered office changes
• Company name changes
• ASIC status updates
• Corporate structure changes
• Shareholder and governance event monitoring where publicly available
• Regulatory event monitoring

Automated notifications providing early warning of significant events affecting monitored entities. Subscribers may receive notifications relating to:

• New litigation activity
• Court outcomes
• Default judgment events
• Insolvency proceedings
• Deregistration activity
• ASIC status changes
• Corporate structure changes
• Court-related developments
• Material risk events

Support for creditors, investors, financiers, insolvency practitioners and professional advisers assessing the risk profile of corporate entities. Services include:

• Corporate risk reviews
• Litigation history assessments
• Insolvency exposure reviews
• Corporate event reporting
• Pre-engagement risk assessments
• Creditor exposure analysis
• Counterparty risk reviews
• Corporate profile assessments

Reporting on financially distressed companies and businesses experiencing creditor pressure. This includes:

• Distress identification
• Creditor action monitoring
• Winding up proceeding analysis
• Recovery opportunity identification
• Restructuring intelligence
• Insolvency intervention opportunities
• Corporate distress trend monitoring

Information used by the Corporate Risk Intelligence Division may be obtained from lawful sources including:

• Australian court records and publications
• Government agencies and publications
• ASIC records and corporate registers
• AFSA publications
• Federal Court publications
• Public notices and gazettes
• Licensed information providers
• Insolvency publications
• Publicly available corporate disclosures
• Other lawful corporate information sources

The Corporate Risk Intelligence Division is founded on the principle that timely access to lawful corporate information promotes transparency, accountability and informed commercial decision-making.

Corporate entities participate in the Australian economy through trade, finance, employment, contracting and investment activities. Businesses routinely make decisions involving credit exposure, supplier relationships, commercial contracts and investment risk. The availability of accurate corporate information assists organisations to better understand and assess those risks.

The Division seeks to support:

• Early identification of corporate financial distress
• Improved commercial decision-making
• Enhanced creditor awareness
• Reduction of avoidable commercial losses
• Greater transparency regarding significant corporate events
• Earlier engagement with restructuring and turnaround options
• More informed risk assessment by suppliers, financiers and professional advisers

The Division believes that responsible use of lawful corporate information contributes to a more transparent, efficient and accountable commercial environment while supporting legitimate business, restructuring and insolvency objectives.

The Division seeks to support positive commercial and economic outcomes through responsible use of lawful corporate information. These outcomes may include:

• Earlier identification of financially distressed companies
• Reduced commercial losses suffered by suppliers and creditors
• Earlier engagement with restructuring and turnaround options
• Improved corporate risk management practices
• Better informed lending and investment decisions
• Enhanced transparency regarding significant corporate events
• Improved market efficiency through timely access to lawful corporate information

Information maintained by the Corporate Risk Intelligence Division is intended for commercial risk assessment, corporate monitoring, due diligence and professional advisory purposes.

The Division does not operate a public court register and does not publish information for general public dissemination.

Information services are provided within the scope of lawful business activities and subject to applicable contractual, licensing and governance requirements.

Peterson Browne Consulting International maintains procedures for reviewing, correcting, verifying and governing corporate information. Reasonable efforts are made to ensure information is accurate, current and responsibly maintained.

The Division maintains internal procedures relating to:

• Data verification
• Record review
• Information accuracy
• Correction requests
• Audit logging
• Data security
• Information retention
• Governance oversight

The Division seeks to ensure that:

• Information is obtained from lawful sources
• Records are reviewed when credible evidence is provided
• Corrections are made where appropriate
• Information is maintained responsibly
• Corporate entities have a reasonable opportunity to request review of disputed information
• Governance processes remain transparent and accountable

A company may request a review of information maintained by the Corporate Risk Intelligence Division where:

• A company has been incorrectly identified
• A record contains inaccurate information
• A court outcome has been amended or set aside
• A proceeding has been discontinued
• A record has been duplicated
• Supporting information demonstrates that correction is appropriate

Requests may be submitted together with supporting documentation and will be assessed in accordance with the Division’s Data Governance Policy.

Peterson Browne Consulting International maintains a Corporate Information Review Officer responsible for:

• Managing correction requests
• Reviewing disputed records
• Assessing supporting documentation
• Coordinating governance reviews
• Maintaining audit records of corrections and amendments

The Managing Director of Peterson Browne Consulting International is responsible for oversight of the Corporate Risk Intelligence Division and implementation of its governance framework.

Organisations seeking information regarding the Division’s governance framework, correction procedures, information sources, licensing arrangements or compliance practices may contact the Corporate Risk Intelligence Division directly.

Requests will be assessed in accordance with applicable contractual, licensing and governance requirements.

The Division is committed to obtaining information through lawful means and complying with all applicable licensing, contractual and regulatory obligations associated with information obtained from third-party sources.

The Division respects the intellectual property, licensing conditions and usage requirements associated with information obtained from government agencies, courts, registries and authorised information providers.

The Corporate Risk Intelligence Division does not provide:

• Consumer credit reports
• Consumer credit scores
• Consumer credit ratings
• Consumer repayment histories
• Consumer default databases
• Consumer credit files
• Regulated consumer credit reporting information

The Division does not operate as a consumer credit reporting body and does not provide consumer credit reporting services.

The Corporate Risk Intelligence Division operates solely in relation to corporate entities and commercial organisations.

The Division does not collect, maintain, sell or distribute personal credit files or consumer credit reporting information.

The Division’s activities are limited to lawful corporate risk intelligence, corporate monitoring and commercial information services relating exclusively to incorporated entities.

This framework will be reviewed periodically to ensure it remains appropriate, accurate and consistent with applicable legal, regulatory and operational requirements.

For corporate monitoring enquiries, correction requests, governance matters, compliance enquiries, information access requests, corporate intelligence services or information reviews, please contact:

…or through the contact details provided elsewhere on this website.