Gadens Regulatory Recap – 21 February 2024
This edition of the Gadens Regulatory Recap highlights recent developments from ASIC, APRA, ACCC, the OAIC, Treasury and ALRC, including various enforcement actions taken by the regulators. ASIC ASIC to crack down on predatory lending: ASIC has promised it will turn its attention to high-cost credit and predatory lending to consumers and small businesses, noting […]
ReadmoreGadens Regulatory Recap – 6 February 2024
This edition of the Gadens Regulatory Recap highlights recent developments from ASIC, APRA, ACCC, the OAIC, Treasury and ALRC, including various enforcement actions taken by the regulators. ASIC ASIC and APRA issue joint letter on delay of Financial Accountability Regime (FAR) commencement and implementation: ASIC and APRA have published a joint letter to all authorised […]
ReadmoreGadens Regulatory Recap – 23 January 2024
This edition of the Gadens Regulatory Recap highlights recent developments from ASIC, APRA, ACCC, AFCA, the OAIC, and Treasury, including various enforcement actions taken by the regulators. ASIC ASIC extends product intervention orders for short term credit and continuing credit contracts: On 5 January 2024, the Australian Securities Investments Commission (ASIC) extended its product intervention […]
ReadmoreGadens Regulatory Recap – 12 December 2023
This edition of the Gadens Regulatory Recap highlights recent developments from ASIC, APRA, ACCC, AFCA, the OAIC, and Treasury, including various enforcement actions taken by the regulators. ASIC ASIC releases guidance on the registration of financial advisers: On 28 November 2023, the Australian Securities Investments Commission (ASIC) released guidance through Information Sheets 276 and 277 […]
ReadmoreGadens Regulatory Recap – 30 November 2023
This edition of the Gadens’ Regulatory Recap highlights recent developments from ASIC, APRA, ACCC, AFCA, AUSTRAC, the OAIC, and Treasury, including various enforcement actions taken by the regulators and updates from the 2023 ASIC Annual Forum. ASIC ASIC and AFSA sign refreshed MoU: On 16 November 2023, the Australian Securities Investment Commission (ASIC) and Australian […]
ReadmoreGadens Regulatory Recap – 14 November 2023
This edition of the Gadens’ Regulatory Recap highlights recent developments from ASIC, APRA, ACCC, AFCA, AUSTRAC, the OAIC, and Treasury, including various enforcement actions taken by the regulators. ASIC ASIC releases second publication on insights from the reportable situations regime: On 31 October 2023, ASIC released Report 775 Insights from the reportable situations regime: July […]
ReadmoreNew announcements made ahead of Federal Government’s updated Cyber Security Strategy release
Cyber note – New developments: Australian businesses to report cyber ransom demands under proposed no-fault system New cyber-risk reporting requirements for Australian telcos With its updated Cyber Security Strategy expected to be released next week, the Federal Government has set the scene, by making a number of early announcements. What is telling is that these […]
ReadmoreGadens Regulatory Recap – 31 October 2023
This edition of the Gadens’ Regulatory Recap highlights recent developments from ASIC, APRA, ACCC, AFCA, AUSTRAC, the ATO, the OAIC, Treasury, and some key legislative updates, including various enforcement actions taken by the regulators. ASIC ASIC Breach reporting amendments: On 19 October 2023. ASIC made ASIC Corporations and Credit (Amendment) Instrument 2023/589, which modifies the […]
ReadmoreDigital asset regulation – Treasury’s proposed framework for regulating digital asset platforms
In the latest development in Australia’s regulation of digital assets, Treasury has released ‘Regulating Digital Asset Platforms’, a proposal paper for consultation (Proposal). The Proposal proposes to expand Australia’s existing financial services regulatory regime to fill the identified ‘regulatory gap’ in relation to certain digital asset custody services which are not financial products under existing […]
ReadmoreGadens Regulatory Recap – 17 October 2023
This edition of the Gadens’ Regulatory Recap highlights recent developments from ASIC, APRA, ACCC, AFCA, the ATO, Treasury, and the Australian Law Reform Commission, including various enforcement actions taken by the regulators. ASIC ASIC and APRA publish further information on joint administration of FAR: On 3 October 2023 ASIC and APRA published a Financial Accountability […]
ReadmoreGadens Regulatory Recap – 3 October 2023
This edition of the Gadens’ Regulatory Recap highlights recent developments from ASIC, APRA, OAIC, ACCC, AUSTRAC and Privacy Commission, including various enforcement actions taken by the regulators. ASIC 1. ASIC Chairman highlights cyber-security risks: ASIC Chairman, Joe Longo gave a speech at the AFR Cyber Summit on 18 September 2023 regarding cyber risk and cyber […]
ReadmoreA step in the right direction – Australian Government Response to Privacy Act Reforms
Following the Attorney-General’s Department’s Privacy Act Review Report published in February 2023 (Report), the Australian Government has just published its response to the Report (Response). The Response follows submissions from various stakeholders (including by a submission by Gadens) on the 116 proposals in the Report that look to overhaul the current Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) […]
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