Scam alert: Scammers luring investors onto fake crypto-asset trading platforms

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ASIC is warning consumers who have joined ‘share trading’ or ‘stock tips’ messaging app groups that scammers are using these forums to push investments on fake crypto-asset trading platforms. These... Read more continue reading

Australia well-placed to unlock opportunities from innovation in the financial system

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New research released ysterday by ASIC shows that Australia is well-placed to harness an ongoing surge of financial innovation. The Innovation in Financial Technology and RegTech research, conducted by the Digital... Read more continue reading

ASIC continues to ease regulatory burden

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ASIC has taken further steps towards clearer regulation, expanding digital services capability, streamlining its website, and simplifying regulatory guidance. ASIC Chair Joe Longo said the outcomes highlighted in Report 830 Regulatory... Read more continue reading

ASIC sets financial reporting, audit and sustainability focus areas for FY 2026–27

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ASIC has outlined key focus areas for its financial reporting, audit and sustainability reporting activities in the 2026-27 financial year, including updates to its surveillance programs. ‘Our surveillance programs reinforce... Read more continue reading

Project Acacia: The RBA has answered the technology question. Now comes the hard part.

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The RBA and DFCRC released the findings of Project Acacia yesterday, and for anyone working in or around Australia’s wholesale financial markets, it warrants a close read. The headline finding... Read more continue reading

No relief, no delays: Division 296 planning starts now

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Craig Brooke, CEO of KeyInvest, an APRA-regulated, member-owned mutual and specialist provider of tax-effective investment bond solutions, has made the following comment in response to the 2026-27 Federal Budget. “The... Read more continue reading

ASIC calls for urgent cyber uplift as AI accelerates cyber threats

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ASIC is calling on all licensees and market participants to urgently strengthen their cyber resilience measures, as frontier artificial intelligence (AI) intensifies the global cyber risk environment. While cyber risk... Read more continue reading

Moneytech Calls for Non-Bank Lenders to be Included in the Government’s $1 Billion Economic Resilience Program

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Non-bank lender Moneytech has welcomed the Albanese Government’s $1 billion Economic Resilience Program (ERP)[1] as a timely and important measure to protect Australian businesses from global supply chain shocks but is... Read more continue reading

ASIC continues finfluencer crackdown alongside global regulators

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ASIC is working alongside 16 global regulators as part of its crackdown on unlawful social media ‘finfluencers’, amid growing concern about the influence of financial information online, particularly among younger... Read more continue reading

From anxiety to action: Helping Australians to plan for their financial future

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ASIC has launched a new range of free and independent tools and resources on the widely trusted Moneysmart website to help Australians to plan for their retirement. This comes in... Read more continue reading