- a financial advisor who is providing advice when they aren't licensed
- a financial service charging for services they didn't provide
- a financial product that is causing harm
- insider trading and market manipulation
- a dodgy investment scheme
- a company director who is committing fraud
- a liquidator making unauthorised transactions
Reporting misconduct to ASIC
This page has information about ASIC's role and can help you decide whether to make a report to ASIC. This page also lists common issues and links to information that may help.
We record the data from reports to help us detect serious misconduct and broader systemic problems in the financial system. Please see Information Sheet 153 How ASIC deals with reports of misconduct (INFO 153) for more detail.
What ASIC does and does not do
ASIC does:
- Receive reports and tip offs confidentially
- Uses reports to detect systemic issues in the financial system
- Acts on significant harm in line with our strategic priorities
ASIC does not:
- We don't intervene in disputes, resolves complaints, give legal advice or act to get your money back
- We can't respond to every report or tip off
What is your report about and do we regulate it?
ASIC is Australia's integrated corporate, markets, financial services, and consumer credit regulator. Below are examples of what ASIC regulates, has limited authority over, and what ASIC does not regulate.
The boxes below provide examples of common issues reported to us with links to information on our website if available.
ASIC regulates:
Limited authority:
ASIC does not regulate:
- Company or business disputes
- Sale of goods and services
- Competition or fair trading
- Employment, wages, and conditions
- Telecommunications
- Tax and ABNs
- Real estate including Strata
- Building and construction
- Workers compensation insurance
- Health insurance
We welcome your report of misconduct. By reporting misconduct to ASIC you are helping us to detect serious misconduct and broader systemic problems in the financial system.