AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS COMMISSION

Basel Committee, IOSCO Publish Final Criteria for Securitisation Structures

By Editors | 27/07/2015

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the International Organization of Securities Commissions have issued final criteria for identifying simple, transparent and comparable securitisation structures.

Australian Government to Audit ASIC

By Editors | 27/07/2015

Australia’s government will conduct the first full-scale audit of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) in 17 years, laying the groundwork for a major overhaul in how the corporate watchdog is funded and operated.

FSB Approaches Regulation of Asset Managers Cautiously

By Editors | 19/07/2015

The Financial Stability Board has said it would focus on addressing risks to market liquidity posed by the activities of asset managers rather than on imposing capital and liquidity requirements on the institutions themselves.

ASIC Releases Evidence Metrics for Self-Assessment of Regulator Performance

By Editors | 15/07/2015

The Australian Securities and Investment Commission has released the evidence metrics it will use to report against the Federal Government’s Regulator Performance Framework, which aims to reduce the regulatory burden while achieving the same regulatory outcomes.

Australia Regulators Push to Allow Super Funds to Pledge Assets as Collateral

By Editors | 12/07/2015

The Australian Investments & Securities Commission is pushing to reform laws to allow super funds to pledge their assets as collateral, in a bid to help them reduce dealing costs associated with currency hedging.

Banks Uncooperative in Australia Rate-Setting Probe

By Editors | 11/07/2015

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission says banks have been slow in providing information on possible manipulation of Australia’s interest-rate benchmark.

Australian P2P Lenders Want More Regulation

By Editors | 10/07/2015

Peer-to-peer lenders say that lack of supervision is their biggest threat to the P2P lending industry.

ASIC Blocks Interactive Brokers from FX Business in Australia

By Editors | 24/06/2015

The Australian Securities & Investments Commission has told Interactive Brokers to stop offering over-the-counter currency trading in Australia as it does not have the right license to operate.

Asset Managers Do Not Pose Systemic Risk, Says Medcraft

By Editors | 23/06/2015

Australian Securities and Investments Commission chairman Greg Medcraft dismisses concerns that large asset managers pose a systematic risk to the financial system.