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ASIC puts life companies on notice to improve sales practices
Insight 21 Aug 2025

ASIC issued a 'Dear CEO' letter to life companies on 18 August 2025, setting out key observations from a recently completed review of direct sales practices of life companies, although we think t ...

Cyber enforcement in the spotlight again as ASIC pursues Fortnum Private Wealth
Insight 24 Jul 2025

ASIC has commenced civil penalty proceedings against AFS licensee Fortnum Private Wealth Limited (Fortnum), alleging it failed to adequately manage cybersecurity risks across its network of authorised ...

RBA’s payment shake-up: implications for merchants and payment service providers
Insight 17 Jul 2025

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has published a consultation paper setting out its proposed changes to the standards regulating interchange fees and merchant surcharging, following consultation on ...

ASIC provides relief for licensees under the reportable situations regime
Insight 01 Jul 2025

ASIC has provided some additional relief from the 'reportable situations' regime that applies to Australian financial services and credit licensees. The changes apply immediately, and licensees should review and update their internal systems for dealing with incidents and reportable situations to re ...

Another tranche of proposed financial advice changes lands
Insight 24 Mar 2025

Treasury has released a consultation draft Bill to implement part of tranche 2 of the Government's response to the Quality of Advice Review (QAR). ...

APRA releases Discussion Paper on Governance, proposing more prescriptive requirements for banks, insurers and RSE licensees
Insight 07 Mar 2025

In the discussion paper released yesterday, APRA says that 'well governed entities are more resilient in times of stress, more agile in times of change, and demonstrate more sophisticated risk judgement'. ...

Regulatory scrutiny of private capital increases
Insight 28 Feb 2025

Private capital is becoming a growing focus of regulators, both in Australia and internationally, given the ever-increasing flow of capital to the sector in recent years. ...

Financial services regulation update (November edition)
Webinar 28 Nov 2024

Covered in this webinar: The significant reforms to Australia's merger control regime likely coming into effect from 1 January 2026. What will the new regime look like? Which types of deals are likely to be caught? What practical issues should be considered before the new regime comes into effect? APRA's increasing scrutiny of expenditure by superannuation trustees. What are APRA's areas of likely focus for surveillance and enforcement action? What are the expenditure requirements in the new SPS 515? What practical steps can trustees take to prepare? ...

APRA increasing scrutiny of expenditure by superannuation trustees
Insight 30 Oct 2024

In this Insight, we highlight what APRA plans to do over the coming 12 months through surveillance and enforcement action and areas of its likely focus, and then set out practical steps trustees can take now to prepare for increased scrutiny and possible enforcement action from APRA. ...

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