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ASIC welcomes new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2026
... that has strengthened our enforcement posture and work, leading to better outcomes for consumers and a fairer financial system. ASIC will be in very capable hands under her leadership." Court was appointed deputy chair of ASIC in 2021. Before that, Court ...

Openmarkets to merge, list on Nasdaq

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2026
... fintechs to invest in compliant and secure infrastructure solutions to bring tokenised assets into the traditional financial system. "Openmarkets is ready to deliver on this opportunity. The combination with Openmarkets is the culmination of an exhaustive ...

State Street boosts digital asset access with new platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2026
... product innovation, transforming crypto from a niche asset class into a fully regulated part of Australia's financial system." Domestically, late last year ASIC labelled most digital assets, including wrapped tokens, stablecoins, tokenised securities ...

Trump 'playing with fire' over Fed indictment threat

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2026
In an unprecedented move, the US Department of Justice served the US Federal Reserve (Fed) with grand jury subpoenas, threatening a criminal indictment over testimony Fed chair Jerome Powell gave at the Senate Banking Committee in June 2025. The testimony ...

No room for a neutral stance in 2026: BlackRock

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
... holders are increasing leverage through front-loaded investments while revenues lag, creating a more levered financial system that is vulnerable to shocks, it said. "The financing needs tied to AI capex far exceed what even the largest firms can meet ...

APRA consults on CPS 230 amendments

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
... alleviate regulatory burden, while ensuring a practical prudential framework that enhances resilience across the financial system," McCarthy said. APRA has invited written submissions on the proposed amendments. In particular, APRA asked entities if ...

ASX suffers another outage

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2025
... critical national infrastructure. Resilient and secure CS facilities are crucial to the stability of the Australian financial system," RBA assistant governor (financial system) Brad Jones said at the time. "We are expecting meaningful progress over the ...

Former ASIC supervisor joins crypto platform as operating chief

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2025
... national productivity through more efficient financial infrastructure," O'Loghlen said. "Crypto is reshaping the financial system; everything from payments to capital markets is changing rapidly but perhaps the simplest example of this shift is talent ...

APRA's fresh guardrails to impact property investors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
... debt-to-income (DTI) home lending in a move to pre-emptively contain a build-up of housing-related vulnerabilities in the financial system, APRA chair John Lonsdale said. From 1 February 2026, the limit on home loans will allow authorised deposit-taking ...

AusSuper exec finds new gig

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
... next six to twelve months, focused on safeguarding older Australians from elder financial abuse. "Our entire financial system is geared towards saving for retirement, but there's a critical gap in safeguarding those assets in retirement," he said. ...