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ASIC seeks new RegTech resources

Ahead of next week’s budget, Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) commissioner John Price has suggested that in order for it to effectively regulate Australia’s emerging RegTech and FinTech...

First crowdfund licences granted

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Even though the Australian government failed to pass amendments to the equity crowd source funding (CSF) regime before the end of last year, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission...

ASIC unveils new ICO guidelines

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The corporate regulator has released its first set of guidelines for ICOs – or Initial Coin Offerings – detailing how the ‘Wild West’ of startup capital raising is to...

ASIC fires cyber warning shots

Posted on   |  by Stuart Kennedy
ASIC Commissioner John Price has read the riot act, albeit civilly, to both companies and insurers over the need for boards of the former to get their cyber resilience...

Gov’t publishes new crowd rules

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The corporate regulator has released the set of guidelines outlining how the first iteration of Australia’s equity crowdfunding regime will work. Crowdsourced equity funding mechanisms for retail investors will...

ASIC to create RegTech advisory

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) wants to establish a new RegTech advisory group before the end of the year to help advocate for support for the RegTech...

Complex cyber insurance plans

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The data breach at the consumer credit reporting agency Equifax a week ago was shocking not just for its scale – 143 million personal records were snatched – but...

ASIC plays in RegTech sandbox

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Australian and Securities and Investment Commission has turned its attention to the burgeoning regulatory technology sector, raising the possibility that its innovation hub and regulatory sandbox could be...