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There has been recent debate in Australia and elsewhere about the role of competition regulators when decisions have to be made urgently about the survival of some firms hit by the financial crisis;

On 7 March 2023, ACCC Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb announced the ACCC's annual compliance and enforcement priorities for 2023-24 at a Committee for Economic Development Australian event.

You should review your options when you are offering credit services in addition to your financial advisory services.

Options discussed include getting your own credit licence (ACL), or becoming a credit representative of another licensee.

Both ASIC and the ASX have introduced a range of temporary measures to assist listed companies in response to COVID-19.

The mortgage duty refinancing concession under the Duties Act 1997 (NSW) (Duties Act) has been amended with effect from 1 August 2005 to limit the amount of advances for which the concession is available to $1 million.

Australian Credit licensees must have adequate documentation and systems to show they are complying with their obligations.

ASIC has now released its initial observations from the first wave of sustainability reports for December year-end entities. The purpose of this release was to provide practical guidance to companies and their advisers as they prepare for the upcoming June reporting cycle.

Noncompliance by directors is now a key focus area for ASIC with substantial penalties, civil and criminal, in force.

Mining companies are one step closer to being subject to the changes of the first comprehensive review of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves...

Australia's Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry (the Royal Commission) has now completed three rounds of public hearings.

While he wasn't the first to have thought of such a scheme, a Ponzi scheme has been forever associated with fraud.

Corporate watchdog ASIC is set to be restructured following a strategic review by an independent consulting group.

Sydney, 12 September 2019: Global law-firm Clyde & Co has released its annual Regulatory Trends report, which sets out an overview...

The Court imposed a $1 million fine on an AFS licensee who failed to provide advice to clients in their best interests.

34% increase in number of complaints to Australian Financial Complaints Authority.

ASIC anti-hawking reforms provide retail clients with greater control over decisions to purchase financial products.