Australian Securities and Investments Commission - News, Articles & Research

Company announcement/regulation

Asic brings relief for intermediaries dabbling in stablecoins

ASIC has today announced an important step in facilitating growth and innovation in the digital assets and payments sectors.

18 September 2025

News/regulation

ANZ savaged by regulator over bond trading data reporting and retail failings

ANZ is facing $240 million in penalties over misreporting of bond trading data to the Australian government and 'widespread misconduct' across retail products and services.

15 September 2025

Company announcement/regulation

Asic slashes red tape

A new report from ASIC reveals the agency has culled more than 9,240 pages of regulation since the beginning of the year as it calls for further ideas for regulatory simplification.

03 September 2025

News/regulation

Australian watchdog reviews rule book amid fears of market meltdown caused by AI

Australia's Securities and Invesment Commission is consulting on changes to its market integrity rules amid fears that AI combined with algorithmic trading could enhance market volatility and exacerbate flash crashes.

28 August 2025

Company announcement/regulation

Asic cracks down on 'finfluencers'

ASIC has issued warning notices to 18 social media ‘finfluencers’ suspected of unlawfully promoting high-risk financial products and providing unlicensed financial advice to Australians as part of a Global Week of Action Against Unlawful Finfluencers by nine international market regulators.

12 June 2025

Company announcement/markets

Asic shares industry feedback on tthe future of Australia's public and private markets

ASIC today released more than 50 public submissions received in response to its discussion paper on the evolving dynamics between public and private markets, released in February 2025.

04 June 2025

Company announcement/regulation

Asic sues Macquarie for repeated misconduct

ASIC is suing Macquarie Securities (Australia) Limited (MSAL) alleging it engaged in misleading conduct by misreporting millions of short sales to the market operator for over 14 years.

14 May 2025

Company announcement/regulation

Asic acts against Macquarie Bank for repetaed compliance failures

ASIC has imposed additional conditions on Macquarie Bank Limited’s (Macquarie) Australian financial services licence after multiple and significant compliance failures – some going undetected for many years and one for a decade.

07 May 2025

Company announcement/regulation

Asic to launch new licencing portal

ASIC is launching a new digital portal for licensing on 5 May 2025 to apply for, vary and cancel an Australian financial services (AFS) licence, marking a significant step in its digital transformation.

16 April 2025

Company announcement/regulation

Asic consults on plans to increase visibility of firms' breach and complaints data

As part of its commitment to enhance transparency and accountability, ASIC is consulting on plans to publish two dashboards containing firm-level Reportable Situations (RS) and Internal Dispute Resolution (IDR) data in the second half of 2025.

10 April 2025

Company announcement/security

Asic winds up 95 sham investment scam companies

ASIC is warning consumers to remain vigilant when engaging with online investment websites and mobile applications after successfully applying to wind-up 95 companies, many of which ASIC believes may be associated with online investment and romance baiting scams, also known as ‘pig butchering’ scams.

07 April 2025

News/markets

Regulators haul ASX over the coals following batch settlement breakdown

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (Asic) have expressed grave concerns about the management of operational risk at the country's leading stock exchange following a batch settlement failure in December last year.

01 April 2025