Australia & NZ

ASIC said the statements made by Diversa Trustees were too broad, potentially misleading consumers about its investment screens.

The full ADI licence was granted 18 months after Alex Bank received its restricted ADI licence in July 2021.

Litigation funding arrangements are once again exempt from the managed investment scheme and AFS licensing regimes in the Corporations Act.

The CCyB default rate in Australia has been set at zero percent of risk-weighted assets since it was introduced in 2016.

Tiger Brokers failed to appropriately vet customers, respond to activities that should have raised concerns, and maintain appropriate records.

ASIC has consolidated a proposed two-stage process for updating the rules into a single update commencing 21 October 2024.

Finder Wallet offered a crypto-related product that paid customers a return for use of their funds, like a debenture, ASIC says.

An estimated 8.1 million MySuper members benefitted from a drop in total fees and costs since last year's heatmap was published.

AUSTRAC has updated its 2019 indicators report to help FIs identify behaviours and transactions which may indicate payments for child sexual exploitation material.

The ACCC said ING Bank was not capable of receiving consumer data requests from accredited data recipients within the required timelines.