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Market Infrastructure
RBA Outlines Payments Strategy, Targeting Resilience and Modernisation
By Manesh Samtani | 24/09/2025
The RBA's annual payments report details a new two-year strategy focused on system resilience, payments competition, and digital currency research.
Enforcement
RBA Downgrades Key ASX Ratings Over Repeated Risk Failures
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 24/09/2025
The RBA has found serious deficiencies in ASX’s governance and risk management, downgrading key ratings following major operational incidents.
Fintech / Regtech
Global Regulators Expand Pact on AI Data Governance and Privacy
By Editors | 23/09/2025
20 data protection authorities, including from the UK, EU and key APAC jurisdictions, have committed to a joint framework for privacy-protecting AI.
Trending
ASIC Warns Private Credit Sector to Lift Standards or Face Action
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 22/09/2025
ASIC is calling for industry-led reform on fees, valuations and conflicts, threatening intervention and flagging the planned release of a regulatory roadmap for the sector in November.
Top ASIC and APRA Officials Announce Planned Departures
By Editors | 22/09/2025
ASIC Chair Joe Longo and APRA Deputy Chair Margaret Cole will step down in 2026, prompting the government to begin its search for their replacements.
Enforcement
Australian Senator Demands 'Heads on Spikes' Over Super Fund Collapses
By Editors | 21/09/2025
The failure of funds threatening AUD 1 billion in investor savings has put Australia's corporate regulator under pressure over its enforcement speed and effectiveness.
ESG / Sustainability
Net Zero Policy Uncertainty Presents Signfiicant Costs to Australia, Treasury Warns
By Editors | 20/09/2025
A disorderly climate transition would trigger a capital risk premium, shrink the economy, and lead to significant asset write-downs, new modelling shows.
Sanctions
EU, Australia Announce Tightening of Sanctions on Russia
By Manesh Samtani | 20/09/2025
The EU proposes targeting Chinese and Indian firms in a new package, while Australia lowers the Russian oil price cap in a coordinated push.
Enforcement
ASIC Issues Stop Orders on La Trobe Credit Fund Products
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 19/09/2025
ASIC has halted retail investment into three credit products, citing deficient target market determinations under its design and distribution obligations.
ESG / Sustainability
ASIC Overhauls Auditor Reporting Guide with Sustainability Focus
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 19/09/2025
ASIC has reissued its guidance clarifying auditors' duties to report suspected breaches, including new obligations for sustainability reports and super funds.
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