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ASIC consults on guidance for Scams Prevention Framework

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2026
ASIC has commenced a consultation on proposed updated guidance to simplify and streamline the Scams Prevention Framework (SPF) coming into effect early next year. The consultation relates to the updates applied to Regulatory Guide 267 Oversight of the ...

Government seeks EOI from experts for financial innovation

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2026
... whole-of-government approach to financial innovation. The strategy will repeal and replace the existing legislative regulatory sandbox framework to make it more flexible and will work through ASIC's existing relief powers. The government will also ...

Digital assets on the right path: Industry

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2026
... services principles to a modern and fast-paced industry. The next step is to empower the industry to build within that framework. "Australia has a real chance to show that digital assets can meet the same standards as the rest of finance and still innovate ...

Labor bets on private capital, approves $278bn in foreign investment

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2026
... making it easier to do business here," Chalmers told the event. "By streamlining and strengthening our foreign investment framework to make low-risk investment more straightforward and high-risk proposals better scrutinised. It means faster assessments ...

Gas transition to take 'decades rather than years': UniSuper

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2026
... fundamentally reshaped policy priorities." The divergence between European Union which continues to strengthen climate framework and the United States going the opposite direction has created additional complexity and uncertainty, he said. With gas playing ...

ASIC consults on new digital asset laws

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2026
... proposed approach to standards and regulatory guidance about complying with the Corporations Amendment (Digital Assets Framework) Act 2026. The consultation includes draft guidance on instructions to comply with the new laws for operators of digital ...

FEATURE | Governance | Stumping up

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2026
... industry's learned the lessons themselves and acted on it," Briggs says. "And then if there are still gaps in the legislative framework that need to be closed through government regulation, accepting those need to happen. You don't need to layer ...

Treasury consults shifting tax debts from victims to abusers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2026
... consultation paper recognised existing administrative responses for victim-survivors remain subject to the governing legal framework for tax debt recovery, and as a result, they may continue to face the psychological and practical burden of debts that ...

Fortnum pays $1.35m to settle ASIC lawsuit

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2026
... "The cyber frameworks and policies reviewed by ASIC three years ago, no longer reflect the cyber security management framework, governance arrangements, controls and support that are in place today in our business." He said Fortnum and the broader Entireti ...

Dalton launches first local-domiciled fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2026
... support its growth in the local market," Jones said. "Our role is to provide the governance, oversight and operational framework that allows investment managers to focus on delivering outcomes for investors while maintaining the highest standards of ...