Regulatory tracker 2025

ASIC Corporations (Foreign Financial Services Providers) Instrument 2025/798

ASIC Corporations (Amendment) Instrument 2025/799

Extends the transitional sufficient equivalence relief and limited connection relief for foreign financial services providers (FFSPs) by an additional 12 months to 31 March 2027. This relief exempts FFSPs from the requirement to hold an Australian financial services (AFS) licence when providing financial services to Australian wholesale clients until the Australian Government's new licensing exemption regime commences.

Repealed: ASIC Corporations (Repeal and Transitional) Instrument 2016/396

Amended:

• ASIC Corporations (CSSF-Regulated Financial Services Providers) Instrument 2016/1109
• ASIC Corporations (Foreign Financial Services Providers—Limited Connection) Instrument 2017/182
• ASIC Corporations (Foreign Financial Services Providers—Funds Management Financial Services) Instrument 2020/199

ASIC Market Integrity Rules (Securities Markets) Determination 2025/862

ASIC Market Integrity Rules (Securities Markets) Repeal Instrument 2025/863

Maintains ASIC's policy of determining the allocation of Equity Market Products to tiers.

Replaces ASIC Market Integrity Rules (Securities Markets) Determination 2025/609
(repealed 8 January 2026).

REP 827 Insights from the ASIC Whistleblower Questionnaire: July 2024 to June 2025

Outlines important trends, key findings and areas for improvement for Australian companies that have whistleblower policies and programs.

25-294MR ASIC calls on Australian companies to adopt better practices to protect whistleblowers

CS 41 Proposed remake of miscellaneous technical relief and updated credit disclosure instruments

Seeks feedback on ASIC's proposal to remake ASIC Corporations (Miscellaneous Technical Relief) Instrument 2015/1115 and ASIC Credit (Updated details for prescribed disclosure) Instrument 2016/200 which are due to sunset on 1 April 2026.

Submissions close 5pm AEDT Friday 23 January 2026.

ASIC proposes to remake instruments for technical relief and prescribed credit disclosure (news item)

CS 40 Proposed remake of relief instruments for AFS licensees and overseas banks

Seeks feedback on ASIC's proposal to remake ASIC Corporations (Foreign Licensees and ADIs) Instrument 2016/186 and ASIC Corporations (Licence Conditions—Treatment of Lease Assets) Instrument 2021/229 which are due to sunset on 1 April 2026 and automatically repeal on 1 May 2026 respectively.

Submissions close 5pm AEDT Friday 23 January 2026.

ASIC proposes to remake relief instruments for AFS licensees and overseas banks (news item)

RG 168 Product Disclosure Statements: Disclosure and other obligations (reissued)

INFO 291 FAQs: FSGs and website disclosure information (updated)

Updated to provide clarity and improve industry’s ability to prepare Product Disclosure Statements (PDSs) by:

• incorporating further guidance from regulatory guides, which are to be withdrawn, and making references to ASIC relief instruments that stakeholders indicated were useful
• updating guidance on compliance risks and considerations for PDSs in Section D to clarify what happens if the PDS requirements are not met, and
• updating Appendix 1 with ASIC’s guidelines (ASIC’s section 1013DA disclosure guidelines) where a PDS claims that labour standards or environmental, social or ethical considerations are considered in investment decisions to refer to further relevant ASIC guidance.

INFO 291 has been updated to reflect the new name of RG 168 and incorporate references to ASIC Instrument 2025/234 which was remade in September 2025.

The following guidance has been withdrawn and incorporated into updated RG 168:

• Information Sheet 94 Notification requirements for Product Disclosure Statements (INFO 94)
• Information Sheet 155 Shorter PDSs—Complying with requirements for superannuation products, simple managed investment schemes and simple sub-fund products (INFO 155)
• Regulatory Guide 65 Section 1013DA disclosure guidelines (RG 65)
• Regulatory Guide 66 Transaction-specific disclosure for PDSs (RG 66)
• Regulatory Guide 197 Warrants: Out-of-use notices (RG 197), and
• Regulatory Guide 219 Non-standard margin lending facilities: Disclosure to investors (RG 219)

ASIC updates guidance on Product Disclosure Statements (news item)

ASIC proposes updates to Product Disclosure Statements regulatory guide (news item)

CS 22 Proposed update to ASIC’s guidance on Product Disclosure Statements (Consultation feedback, ASIC’s response and submissions)

ASIC issues new financial advice-related legislative instrument (news item)

RG 221 Facilitating digital financial services disclosures (reissued)

Updated to amend outdated references and clearly set out ASIC’s expectations in relation to digital disclosures.

ASIC issues updated guidance on digital disclosures (news item)

ASIC consults on proposals to facilitate digital disclosure (news item)

CS 23 Proposals to continue to facilitate digital disclosure (Consultation feedback, ASIC’s response and submissions)

ASIC issues new legislative instrument to facilitate digital disclosures (news item)

RG 183 Codes of conduct for the financial services and credit sectors (reissued)

Updated to:

• reflect legislative reform since the guidance was last updated in 2013
• clarify ASIC’s role in relation to industry codes, and the criteria and process for code approval, and
• simplify and streamline the guidance.

ASIC issues updated guidance for industry codes of conduct (news item)

ASIC proposes updates to guidance for industry codes of conduct (news item)

CS 26 Proposed update to RG 183 (Consultation feedback, ASIC’s response and submissions)

RG 126 Compensation and insurance arrangements for AFS licensees (updated)

INFO 141 Dealing and providing custodial or depository service as secondary service (updated)

Minor consequential updates to reflect the release of remade ASIC Corporations (Financial Services Guide, General Advice Warning and Advertising Related Relief) Instrument 2025/234 in September 2025.

ASIC issues new financial advice-related legislative instrument (news item 11/9/2025)

CS 38 Proposed relief for disclosure of private debt arrangements

CS 39 Proposed change to stamp duty disclosure requirements

Invites the superannuation and investment management sectors to have their say on changes to stamp duty and portfolio holdings disclosure requirements.

ASIC is proposing:

• Private debt transparency: Class order relief for superannuation trustees, aligning portfolio holdings disclosure obligations for internally-managed private debt with externally-managed private debt (CS 38), and
• Stamp duty disclosure changes: ASIC is proposing stamp duty be disclosed as an average amount over seven years, rather than an annual sum, in fees and costs summaries. The proposal would require a change to ASIC Corporations (Disclosure of Fees and Costs) Instrument 2019/1070 (CS 39)

Comments close 5pm AEDT on 20 February 2025

25-292MR ASIC calls for feedback on stamp duty and portfolio holdings disclosure requirements for super funds

ASIC Deferred Sales Model Exemption (HCF Life–Flip Accidental Injury Insurance) Instrument 2025-839

Provides relief from sections 12DQ, 12DR and 12DS of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001.

CS 37 Proposed update to ASIC’s guidance on advertising financial products and services

Seeking stakeholder feedback on proposed updates to Regulatory Guide 234 Advertising financial products and services (including credit): Good practice guidance (RG 234) that are intended to ensure the currency and clarity on ASIC’s regulatory approach to advertising financial products and services.

Submissions close 5 pm AEDT on 22 January 2026.

ASIC proposes updates to guidance on advertising financial products and services (news item)

REP 826 Industry update: 2025 Pulse Check on retirement income covenant implementation

Industry update summarising the responses to a voluntary survey issued to registrable superannuation entity (RSE) licensees by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and ASIC in June 2025.

The survey asked RSE licensees to comment on their progress in implementing the retirement income covenant (covenant) and planned improvements since the release of the joint APRA-ASIC industry update, in July 2024 (2024 pulse check).

25-289MR Super trustees urged to accelerate progress on retirement support for members

CS 36 Proposed remake of relief for fundraising and mergers and acquisitions

Seeks feedback on ASIC's proposal to remake the following 18 sunsetting legislative instruments which provide miscellaneous relief from Chapters 6, 6C, 6D and Part 7.9 of the Corporations Act.

• ASIC Corporations (Minimum Subscription and Quotation Conditions) Instrument 2016/70
• ASIC Corporations (Regulatory Capital Securities) Instrument 2016/71
• ASIC Corporations (Consents to Statements) Instrument 2016/72
• ASIC Corporations (Exposure Period) Instrument 2016/74
• ASIC Corporations (Debenture Prospectuses) Instrument 2016/75
• ASIC Corporations (Substituted Supplementary Disclosure Documents) Instrument 2016/78
• ASIC Corporations (Market Research and Roadshows) Instrument 2016/79
• ASIC Corporations (Sale Offers That Do Not Need Disclosure) Instrument 2016/80
• ASIC Corporations (Sale Offers By Controllers) Instrument 2016/81
• ASIC Corporations (Sale Offers: Securities Issued on Conversion of Convertible Notes) Instrument 2016/82
• ASIC Corporations (Offers of Convertibles) Instrument 2016/83
• ASIC Corporations (Non-Traditional Rights Issues) Instrument 2016/84
• ASIC Corporations (Real Estate Companies) Instrument 2015/1049
• ASIC Corporations (IDPS—Relevant Interests) Instrument 2015/1067
• ASIC Corporations (Minimum Bid Price) Instrument 2015/1068
• ASIC Corporations (Takeovers—Accelerated Rights Issues) Instrument 2015/1069
• ASIC Corporations (Unsolicited Offers—Foreign Bids) Instrument 2015/1070
• ASIC Corporations (Approved Foreign Markets—Buybacks and Takeovers) Instrument 2015/1071

Submissions close 5pm AEDT on 19 December 2025.

ASIC proposes to remake relief for fundraising and mergers and acquisitions (news item)

ASIC Superannuation (Amendment) Instrument 2025/449

Extends the relief in ASIC Superannuation (Disclosure and Reporting Consistency Obligations) Instrument 2023/941 to ensure trustees remain exempt from requirements under subsection 29QC(1) of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 (the SIS Act) until 1 January 2029.

ASIC extends disclosure and reporting relief for super trustees (news item)

REP 825 Licensing and professional registration activities: 2025 update 

Highlights new licensing application systems and processes that support simpler and better regulation and provides information on licensing and registration applications and activities from the 2024-25 financial year

ASIC updates on key licensing and professional registration activities (news item)

RG 282 Exchange traded products (new)

Consolidates information about the treatment of exchange-traded products (ETPs), including exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

Reflects up to date information about ETPs and market practices and consolidates:

• Information Sheet 230 Exchange traded products: Admission guidelines (INFO 230), which has been withdrawn
• Report 583 Review of exchange traded products (REP 583), and
• Report 282 Regulation of exchange traded funds (REP 282).

ASIC issues new regulatory guide for exchange-traded product issuers (news item)

CS 35 Proposed changes to the Unclaimed Monies Gazette

Seeks feedback on ASIC's proposal to make a new legislative instrument to improve the privacy and security of personal information in unclaimed money records published in the Unclaimed Monies Gazette.

ASIC consults on changes to the Unclaimed Monies Gazette to strengthen privacy (news item)

REP 824 Review of SMSF establishment advice

Provides insights from ASIC’s review of the quality of personal advice provided by financial advisers to retail clients about establishing a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF).

25-265MR ASIC review raises fresh concerns over risks to retirement savings from poor SMSF advice

REP 820 Private credit surveillance report 

REP 821 Private capital market reporting: Global practices and lessons 

REP 822 Australia’s capital markets: Forces shaping the next decade

REP 823 Advancing Australia’s evolving capital markets: Discussion paper response

REP 820 summarises critical findings from ASIC’s new surveillance into the private credit sector.

REP 821 draws on expert insights from EY Parthenon on international approaches to private markets reporting.

REP 822 draws on expert insights from Dr Carole Comerton-Forde on the forces shaping the future of Australia’s capital markets.

REP 823 outlines a roadmap to unlock opportunities and tackle emerging risks in Australia’s public and private markets by embracing new capital flows and technologies, keeping pace with evolving investor needs, and making it easier for business and growth capital.

25-264MR A roadmap for capital markets to grow our economy

Public and private markets

CS 34 Proposed remake of generic financial calculators instrument

Seeks feedback on our proposal to remake ASIC Corporations (Generic Calculators) Instrument 2016/207, which is scheduled to sunset on 1 April 2026.

ASIC proposes to remake ‘sunsetting’ legislative instrument about generic financial calculators

REP 819 ASIC's oversight of financial reporting and audit 2024–25

Third and final report from ASIC’s expanded program of work to improve financial report and audit quality

25-256MR ASIC highlights financial reporting and audit findings for FY 2024–25 as part of expanded program of work

ASIC (Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy—Regulatory Costs) Instrument 2025/689

ASIC (Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy—Annual Determination) Instrument 2025/690

Specifies:

• ASIC’s regulatory costs and their attribution to each industry sub-sector, and
• certain matters about size and composition of ASIC’s regulated population and of the metrics that apply to each industry sub-sector within that regulated population,

under ASIC's industry funding model for the 2024–25 financial year.

INFO 225 Digital assets: Financial Products and Services (reissued)

CS 32 Proposed relief for eligible stablecoins and wrapped tokens, and extension of omnibus accounts for digital asset custody 

ASIC class no-action letter for digital asset businesses 

INFO 225 has been reissued to clarify how existing laws apply to digital assets, giving investors improved protections and providing firms with greater certainty to operate and innovate. 

CS 32 invites feedback on proposed regulatory relief for distributors of certain stablecoins and wrapped tokens, and certain relief for custodians of digital assets that are financial products. Submissions close 5 pm AEDT on 12 November 2025.

The class no-action letter grants a sector-wide no-action position until 30 June 2026 to give firms time to consider the updated guidance and apply for licenses.

25-250MR Updated ASIC guidance supports digital asset innovation and boosts investor protection

CP 381 Updates to INFO 225: Digital Assets: Financial Products and Services (submissions)

CS 33 Proposed remake of the ASIC Derivative Transaction Rules (Clearing) 2015

Seeks feedback on ASIC's proposal to remake the ASIC Derivative Transaction Rules (Clearing) 2015 (the 2015 Rules), which are scheduled to sunset on 1 April 2026.

RG 72 Foreign securities: Disclosure relief (reissued)

ASIC Corporations (Foreign Rights Issues) Instrument 2025/611

ASIC Corporations (Foreign Scrip Bids) Instrument 2025/612

ASIC Corporations (Compromises or Arrangements) Instrument 2025/613

ASIC Corporations (Foreign Small Scale Offers) Instrument 2025/614

ASIC Corporations (Foreign Securities—Incidental Advertising) Instrument 2025/615

ASIC Corporations (Foreign Securities— Publishing Notices) Instrument 2025/616

ASIC Corporations (Amendment and Repeal) Instrument 2025/617

Minor technical amendments to RG 72:

• updating references to ASIC legislative instruments
• updating for approved foreign markets, including the criteria for approval and the existence of ASIC Corporations (Definition of Approved Foreign Market) Instrument 2017/669
• removing references to withdrawn or superseded regulatory guidance
• correcting the note at RG 72.17, and
• where appropriate, changing references from 'securities' to 'securities or interests'.

Instruments that collectively provide conditional relief from disclosure obligations under Chapters 6D and 7 of the Corporations Act for foreign entities offering securities in Australia were remade as part of the update to RG 72.

Amended:

• ASIC Corporations (Application Form Requirements) Instrument 2017/241
• ASIC Corporations (Capital Reductions and Reconstructions—Technical Disclosure Relief) Instrument 2017/242
• ASIC Corporations (Definition of Approved Foreign Market) Instrument 2017/669
• ASIC Corporations (Offers over the internet) Instrument 2017/181

Repealed:

• ASIC Corporations (Compromises or Arrangements) Instrument 2015/358
• ASIC Corporations (Foreign Rights Issues) Instrument 2015/356
• ASIC Corporations (Foreign Scrip Bids) Instrument 2015/357
• ASIC Corporations (Foreign Securities—Publishing Notices) Instrument 2015/359
• ASIC Corporations (Foreign Securities—Incidental Advertising) Instrument 2015/360
• ASIC Corporations (Foreign Small-Scale Offers) Instrument 2015/362

CS 31 Proposed extension of relief for litigation funding arrangements and conditional costs schemes

Seeks feedback on a proposal to extend the operation of ASIC Credit (Litigation Funding-Exclusion) Instrument 2020/37 and ASIC Corporations (Conditional Costs Schemes) Instrument 2020/38 until 31 March 2030 while the Australian Government considers its policy position for these arrangements.

RG 260 Communicating findings from audit files to directors, audit committees or senior managers (reissued)

Revised to provide updates for directors, audit committees and senior managers of companies, responsible entities, superannuation trustees or disclosing entities, and audit firms on how, when, and which audit file review findings will be communicated to directors, audit committees and senior managers.

The updates reflect:

• ASIC’s new responsibilities and powers following law reform to regulate the financial reporting and audit requirements of registrable superannuation entities (RSEs), and
• that the ASIC Act now allows ASIC to communicate findings from audit file reviews to the relevant directors of superannuation trustees.

REP 818 From superficial to super engaged: Better practices for trustee retirement communications

Summarises the observations and findings identified from ASIC’s review of the retirement communications practices of 12 registrable superannuation entity licensees between 1 July 2022 and 11 December 2024. This review represents the next phase of ASIC’s oversight of Australia’s retirement system, following the implementation of the retirement income covenant on 1 July 2022. It focuses on how retirement communications are assisting members with maximising, managing and having flexible access to their retirement income.

RG 242 ASIC’s power to wind up abandoned companies (reissued)

Minor updates to website links.

Review of offshore outsourcing financial services advice licensees (article)

Review of offshore outsourcing – Responsible entities (article)

Review into the use of offshore service providers (OSPs) by financial advice licensees and responsible entities (REs) of registered managed investment schemes which identified weaknesses in the use of OSPs exposing consumers and investors to potential harm.

ASIC Annual Report 2024–25

Highlights the ambitious program of work undertaken by ASIC over the 2024-25 financial year including a number of significant outcomes aimed at solving regulatory problems to protect consumers and support the integrity of Australia’s markets.

REP 817 Building trust: Auditor compliance with independence and conflict of interest obligations 

Summarises our findings from ASIC’s review of compliance by auditors with their independence and conflicts of interest obligations under the Corporations Act.
The findings and calls to action from this report will be of interest to the entire auditor population, audit firms and professional accounting bodies.

ASIC Corporations (Amendment) Instrument 2025/679

Amends ASIC Corporations Stablecoin Distribution Exemption) Instrument 2025/631 to include an additional named stablecoin and make clarifying amendments.

ASIC Superannuation (Notice of disqualification—Andrew Orphanides) Instrument 2025/0691

SMSF auditor disqualification notice under section 130F(2) of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act.

RG 201 Unsolicited credit cards and debit cards (reissued)

Minor changes to:

• update the reference to section 63A of the Trade Practices Act 1974 to refer to the current section 39 of the Australian Consumer Law set out in Schedule 2 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010
• add a further example stating that obtaining a consumer’s verbal request for a card (e.g. in a call centre context) does not meet the section 12DL requirement for the consumer’s written request, and
• provide guidance in the current regulatory guide format.

REP 816 Accounting for your super: ASIC's review into the financial reporting and audit of super funds 

Summarises findings from our RSE financial reporting and audit surveillance for FY 2024–25. This first in a series of three reports highlights areas where the quality of financial reporting and audits can be improved.

25-220MR Review finds greater uplift needed in quality of super fund financial reports and audits

25-079MR ASIC announces financial reporting and audit focus areas for FY 2025-26

ASIC Corporations (Managed investment product consideration) Instrument 2025/629

ASIC Corporations (Amendment and Repeal) Instrument 2025/630

Remakes ASIC Corporations (Managed investment product consideration) Instrument 2015/847 modifying requirements related to the pricing of interests in managed investment schemes (other than time-share schemes) registered before 1 October 2013, with minor changes to:

• simplify the requirements to document exercises of discretion affecting the pricing of interests and reduce the level of prescription in those provisions, and
• provide that schemes with interests that are quoted on a financial market operated by Cboe Australia Pty Ltd may rely on the relief.

Amended:

• ASIC Corporations (Definition of Approved Foreign Market) Instrument 2017/669
• ASIC Corporations (Equality of Treatment Impacting on the Acquisition of Scheme Interests and CCIV Shares) Instrument 2023/697

ASIC remakes relief instrument for managed investment product consideration (news item)

CS 27 Proposed remake relief of instrument for managed investment product consideration

ASIC proposes to remake relief instrument for managed investment product consideration (news item)

Summary of feedback to CP 383 and ASIC’s response

Feedback summary outlining ASIC's approach to publishing two public-facing dashboards containing Internal Dispute Resolution (IDR) and Reportable Situations (RS) data following consideration of 47 submissions received in response to CP 383 Reportable situations and internal dispute resolution data publication (CP 383).

ASIC outlines approach to breach and complaints data publications (news item)

CP 383 Reportable situations and internal dispute resolution data publication

REP 815 Hardship, not so hard to get help

Summarises the actions ASIC has taken following concerns raised by ASIC in May 2024 and published in Report 782 Hardship, hard to get help: Findings and actions to support customers in financial hardship (REP 782) and its summary version Report 783 Hardship, hard to get help: Lenders fall short in financial hardship support (REP 783).

25-216MR ASIC urges ongoing customer focus following welcome improvements in hardship support

CS 30 Proposed extension of stablecoin distribution exemption

Proposing extending class relief for intermediaries engaging in the secondary distribution of a second stablecoin issued by an Australian financial services (licenced) issuer.

ASIC proposes extending stablecoin distribution exemption (news item)

ASIC supports innovation through exemptions for distributors of Australian stablecoin (news item)

INFO 292 FAQs: Informed consents for insurance commissions (updated)

Updates include minor amendments to fix errors in the guidance. It also includes an update to FAQ 8 (now FAQ 9) to provide better clarity on when a variation to the insurance cover will mean that an adviser will need to meet the informed consent requirements again.

ASIC Corporations (Non-Reporting Entities) Instrument 2025/436

ASIC Corporations (Post Balance Date Reporting) Instrument 2025/437

ASIC Corporations (Related Scheme Reports) Instrument 2025/438

ASIC Corporations (Stapled Group Reports) Instrument 2025/439

ASIC Corporations (Repeal) Instrument 2025/440

ASIC Corporations (Externally-Administered Bodies) Instrument 2025/584.

Five remade legislative instruments that provide financial reporting relief, replacing the following legislative instruments that were due to sunset:

• ASIC Corporations (Externally-Administered Bodies) Instrument 2015/251
• ASIC Corporations (Stapled Group Reports) Instrument 2015/838
• ASIC Corporations (Related Scheme Reports) Instrument 2015/839
• ASIC Corporations (Non-Reporting Entities) Instrument 2015/841, and
• ASIC Corporations (Post Balance Date Reporting) Instrument 2015/842

ASIC remakes five legislative instruments providing financial reporting relief (news item)

CS 24 Proposed remake of financial reporting-related legislative instruments

ASIC proposes to remake five financial reporting-related legislative instruments (news item)

Class no-action letter regarding IDR reporting for small banks (PDF 261 KB)

Grants a no-action position to immediately reduce the frequency of internal dispute resolution (IDR) data reporting for small banks, from every six months to once per year.

ASIC reduces complaints reporting frequency for small banks (news item)

ASIC Superannuation (Notice of disqualification—Wai Hun Choi) Instrument 2025/676

SMSF auditor disqualification notice under section 130F(2) of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act.

REP 814 Private credit in Australia 

Review commissioned by ASIC in response to the rapid growth of Australia’s private credit funds sector by infrastructure investment executive Richard Timbs and former banker and chief risk officer Nigel Williams.

25-209MR ASIC signals opportunity for industry to lift private credit standards

Advancing Australia’s public and private markets: progress update (news item)

ASIC Corporations (Adara Advisors) Instrument 2025/634

ASIC Corporations (Repeal) Instrument 2025/635

Continues relief granted to allow Adara Advisors to appoint individuals (Volunteers) who are representatives of another Australian financial services licensee (Volunteer Firm) to provide (in limited circumstances) financial product advice as a representative of Adara Advisors without being appointed as authorised representatives of both Adara Advisors and the Volunteer Firm.

The following legislative instruments providing the relief have been repealed:

• ASIC Corporations (Adara Advisors) Instrument 2015/628
• ASIC Corporations (Adara Advisors) Instrument 2022/625

ASIC Corporations (Electronic Disclosure) Instrument 2025/447

ASIC Corporations (Amendment and Repeal) Instrument 2025/448

Remakes the following legislative instruments that were due to sunset on 1 October 2025:

• ASIC Corporations (Facilitating Electronic Delivery of Financial Services Disclosure) Instrument 2015/647
• ASIC Corporations (Removing Barriers to Electronic Disclosure) Instrument 2015/649

Amended:

• ASIC Corporations (Application Form Requirements) Instrument 2017/241
• ASIC Corporations (Share and Interest Sale Facilities) Instrument 2018/99
• ASIC Corporations (31-day Notice Term Deposits) Instrument 2025/172

ASIC issues new legislative instrument to facilitate digital disclosures (news item)

ASIC consults on proposals to facilitate digital disclosure (news item)

CS 23 Proposals to continue to facilitate digital disclosure

ASIC Corporations (Stablecoin Distribution Exemption) Instrument 2025/631

Grants class relief for intermediaries engaging in the secondary distribution of a stablecoin issued by an Australian financial services (AFS) licensed issuer.

ASIC supports innovation through exemptions for distributors of Australian stablecoin (news item)

RG 34 Auditor obligations: Reporting to ASIC (reissued)

Technical updates reflect ASIC’s regulatory approach to new reporting obligations, incorporate relevant ASIC guidance and amend outdated references. ASIC has not made significant changes to its general policy for when auditors should report to ASIC.

Regulatory guide reissued on auditor reporting obligations to ASIC (news item)

ASIC Superannuation (Notice of disqualification—Ermis Yianni) Instrument 2025/0625

SMSF auditor disqualification notice under section 130F(5) of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act

CS 29 Proposal to remake relief instrument for non-cash payment facility exemptions

Seeks feedback on its proposal to remake ASIC Corporations (Non-cash Payment Facilities) Instrument 2016/211 which is due to sunset on 1 April 2026.

ASIC proposes to remake relief instrument for non-cash payment facility exemptions (news item)

ASIC Corporations (Financial Services Guide, General Advice Warning and Advertising Related Relief) Instrument 2025/234

ASIC Corporations and Credit (Amendment and Repeal) Instrument 2025/590

Remakes the following legislative instruments that were due to sunset on 1 October 2025:

• ASIC Corporations (Advertising by Product Issuers) Instrument 2015/539
• ASIC Corporations (General Advice Warning) Instrument 2015/540, and
• ASIC Corporations (Financial Services Guides) Instrument 2015/541.

Amended:

• ASIC Corporations (ASX-listed Schemes On-market Buy-backs) Instrument 2016/1159
• ASIC Corporations (Equality of Treatment Impacting on the Acquisition of Scheme Interests and CCIV Shares) Instrument 2023/697 
• ASIC Corporations and Credit (Breach Reporting—Reportable Situations) Instrument 2024/620 
• ASIC Corporations and Credit (Reference Checking and Information Sharing Protocol) Instrument 2024/647

ASIC issues new financial advice-related legislative instrument (news item)

CS 18 Proposed remake of financial advice-related legislative instruments

ASIC Corporations (Deposit Product Disclosure) Instrument 2025/509

ASIC Corporations (Repeal) Instrument 2025/518

Remakes ASIC Corporations (Deposit Product Disclosure) Instrument 2015/683 which was due to sunset on 1 October 2025.

ASIC remakes relief instrument for deposit product disclosure (news item)

CS 21 Proposed remake of deposit product disclosure relief instrument

1 August 2025 Letter from ASIC to the Treasurer - Regulatory reform opportunities (PDF)

12 August 2025 Supplementary letter from ASIC to Treasurer - Productivity (PDF)

Correspondence identifying a list of initial actions ASIC will take to streamline the regulatory frameworks and functions it administers, support business investment and reduce business costs.

It also outlines five additional measures to reduce compliance burdens on industry, enhance productivity and ensure ASIC’s regulatory settings support long-term growth, providing a summary of the anticipated productivity-bolstering impacts of these five new actions.

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA)

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between ASIC and the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) in Sydney to enhance cooperation arrangements to support closer engagement between Australia and India.

ASIC Market Integrity Rules (Securities Markets) Determination 2025/609

ASIC Market Integrity Rules (Securities Markets) Repeal Instrument 2025/610

Maintains ASIC's policy of determining the allocation of Equity Market Products to tiers.

Replaces ASIC Market Integrity Rules (Securities Markets) Determination 2025/342 (repealed 10 October 2025).

REP 813 Regulatory simplification

Explores ideas to simplify regulation and ease regulatory burden, seeking views on how ASIC can make the information we provide simpler and more accessible and how ASIC can make it easier to interact with us.

ASIC Corporations (Repeal) Instrument 2025/519

ASIC Corporations (Basic Deposit and General Insurance Product Distribution) Instrument 2025/520

Remakes ASIC Corporations (Basic Deposit and General Insurance Product Distribution) Instrument 2015/682 which was due to sunset on 1 October 2025.

RG 78 Breach reporting by AFS licensees and credit licensees (updated)

Minor updates to reflect ASIC’s relief that took effect on 24 June 2025, and updated question numbering in Appendix 2.

ASIC Corporate Plan 2025-26

Outlines how ASIC is maturing its approach to measuring and assessing its performance, including introducing a new suite of performance measures.

25-177MR ASIC plan underscores response to financial ecosystem threats

CS 28 Proposed remake of hardship withdrawals relief

ASIC Corporations (Amendment) Instrument 2025/548

Extends the relief in ASIC Corporations (Hardship Withdrawals Relief) Instrument 2020/778 (hardship relief) for a further 18 months to allow time to consult further on the hardship relief and its conditions.

Submissions close 31 October 2025.

Amended: ASIC Corporations (Hardship Withdrawals Relief) Instrument 2020/778

ASIC extends hardship withdrawals relief for frozen schemes (news item)

INFO 249 Frozen funds – Information for responsible entities

CP 386 Proposed amendments to the ASIC market integrity rules: Trading systems and automated trading

Sets out our proposals to amend the trading systems obligations in the ASIC Market Integrity Rules (Securities Markets) 2017 and the ASIC Market Integrity Rules (Futures Markets) 2017 to:

• modernise the trading systems obligations to reflect current trading practices, technology and risks
• drive greater consistency between the trading systems rules for securities and futures markets, and
• clarify and reduce complexity in certain rules.

ASIC moves to modernise trading system rules to keep pace with technology and AI (news item)

ASIC Corporations (Amendment) Instrument 2025/548

Extends the relief in ASIC Corporations (Hardship Withdrawals Relief) Instrument 2020/778 (hardship relief) for a further 18 months to allow ASIC time to consider and consult on whether the instrument should lapse or whether to remake the instrument with amendments

ASIC extends hardship withdrawals relief for frozen schemes (news item)

ASIC Corporations (Repeal) Instrument 2025/522

Repeals ASIC Corporations (Avia Syndicate) Instrument 2015/825 ahead of its automatic repeal on 1 October 2025, as ASIC has determined that the relief is no longer necessary.

ASIC repeals relief instrument for Avia syndicate (news item)

REP 812 ASIC enforcement and regulatory update: January to June 2025

Provides an overview of ASIC’s work and key matters between 1 January and 30 June 2025.

25-170MR New data reinforces ASIC’s focus on consumer and retail investor protection

25-171MR Scammers on notice as ASIC steps up action to protect consumers from online investment scams

Summary of enforcement outcomes: January to June 2025

Letter to CEOs of life companies (PDF 123 KB)

Calls on life insurance companies to step up their product, sales, and complaints handling practices as they look to expand direct sales to customers.

ASIC Market Integrity Rules (Securities Markets) Class Waiver 2025/512

ASIC Market Integrity Rules (Futures Markets) Class Waiver 2025/513

Grants a waiver from some of the obligations regarding outsourcing arrangements related to the supply of energy or communications services in Chapters 8A and 8B of the ASIC Market Integrity Rules (Securities Markets) 2017 and the ASIC Market Integrity Rules (Futures Markets) 2017.

ASIC Corporations (Design and Distribution Obligations—GC Finance Loan Facility) Instrument 2025/46

Grants GC Finance a conditional exemption in relation to specified CG Loan Facilities.

CS 27 Proposed remake of relief instrument for managed investment product consideration

Proposes remaking ASIC Corporations (Managed Investment Product Consideration) Instrument 2015/847, currently due to sunset on 1 October 2025, for a period of five years.

Submissions close 29 August 2025.

ASIC proposes to remake relief instrument for managed investment product consideration (news item)

ASIC remakes relief instrument for managed investment product consideration (news item)

ASIC Corporations (Amendment) Instrument 2025/456

Amends ASIC Corporations (Incidental Retail Cover) Instrument 2022/716 to extend the relief until 16 August 2030.

ASIC remakes incidental retail cover legislative instrument (news item 13/8/2025)

ASIC proposes to remake incidental retail cover legislative instrument (news item 16/5/2025)

CS 19 Proposed remake of incidental retail cover legislative instrument

CP 385 Proposed update to RG 181 Licensing: Managing conflicts of interest

Seeks feedback on ASIC’s proposals to update Regulatory Guide 181 Licensing: Managing conflicts of interest (RG 181).

Submission close 5 September 2025

Council of Financial Regulators joint MOU on crisis management

Supports the open exchange of information among members of the Council of Financial Regulators (CFR) and a co-ordinated response to threats to the stability of Australia’s financial system.

REP 811 Better and beyond: Expanding better banking outcomes to more low-income Australians

This report follows on from REP 785. It provides an update on the banking sector’s progress on addressing fees charged to low-income customers

RG 16 External administrators and controllers: Reporting of possible offences and misconduct (reissued)

Updated guidance to help liquidators, voluntary administrators, receivers and
managing controllers meet their reporting obligations using the ASIC Regulatory Portal.

ASIC Superannuation (Notice of disqualification—Robert Bruce Morey) Instrument 2025/452

SMSF auditor disqualification notice under section 130F(5) of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act.

CS 26 Proposed update to RG 183

Proposes to update RG 183 Approval of financial services sector codes of conduct to ensure the currency of guidance on ASIC’s regulatory approach to approving industry codes of conduct and to clarify and simplify this guidance.

Submissions close 1 September 2025.

ASIC Corporations (Midwich Group PLC Employee Share Scheme Disclosure) Instrument 2025/430

Modifies Division 1A of Part 7.12 of the Corporations Act to apply in relation to the Midwich Group PLC Employee Incentive Plan as if subsection 1100K(1) of the Act were modified to include the sub-market operated by the London Stock Exchange designated as AIM.

CS 25 Proposed remake of disclosure relief for offers of foreign securities and interests to Australian investors

Proposes to remake six sunsetting legislative instruments which provide disclosure relief.

Submissions close 15 August 2025.

CS 22 Proposed update to ASIC’s guidance on Product Disclosure Statements

Proposes updates to RG 168 Disclosure: Product Disclosure Statements 

Submissions close 6 August 2025.

CS 23 Proposals to continue to facilitate digital disclosure

Proposes to remake two legislative instruments on digital disclosure due to sunset and update RG 221 Facilitating digital financial services disclosures

Submissions close 6 August 2025.

ASIC consults on proposals to facilitate digital disclosure (news item)

ASIC issues new legislative instrument to facilitate digital disclosures (news item)

ASIC Corporations (Project Acacia Participation Exemption) Instrument 2025/425

Provides regulatory relief to participants to support and streamline the tokenised asset settlement research project.

CS 24 Proposed remake of financial reporting-related legislative instruments

Proposes to remake five legislative instruments relating to financial reporting relief. 

The legislative instruments are:

• ASIC Corporations (Non-Reporting Entities) Instrument 2015/841
• ASIC Corporations (Post Balance Date Reporting) Instrument 2015/842
• ASIC Corporations (Related Scheme Reports) Instrument 2015/839
• ASIC Corporations (Stapled Group Reports) Instrument 2015/838, and
• ASIC Corporations (Externally-Administered Bodies) Instrument 2015/251.

Submissions close 1 August 2025.

ASIC proposes to remake five financial reporting-related legislative instruments (news item)

ASIC remakes five legislative instruments providing financial reporting relief (news item)

CS 21 Proposed remake of deposit product disclosure relief instrument

Proposes to remake a legislative instrument ASIC Corporations (Deposit Product Disclosure) Instrument 2015/68 that provides relief from certain disclosure requirements that apply to deposit products.

Submissions close 24 July 2025.

ASIC proposes to remake deposit product disclosure relief instrument (news item)

ASIC remakes relief instrument for deposit product disclosure (news item)

Cost recovery implementation statement 2024-25

Provides information on how ASIC implements the industry funding model and recovers:

• the costs of our regulatory activities for each industry subsector in 2024–25, and
• our user-initiated and transaction-based regulatory costs via fees for service in 2024-25.

RG 132 Funds management: Compliance and oversight (issued)

RG 136 Funds management: Discretionary powers (issued)

Minor updates focused on reflecting consequential changes to the law and legislative relief

No change to legal requirements or additional regulatory burdens. 

ASIC Corporations and Credit (Amendment) Instrument 2025/289

Provides Australian financial services and credit licensees additional targeted relief under the reportable situations regime in response to feedback from industry.

REP 810 Review of small business restructuring process: 2022–24

Outlines the findings from our review of the small business restructuring process for the period 1 July 2022 to 31 December 2024.

It provides observations on small business restructuring data. 

CP 384 Employee redundancy funds

Seeks feedback on the requirements that should apply to employee redundancy funds under the Corporations Act 2001 once the transitional relief ASIC has granted expires on 1 April 2026.

Submissions close 22 July 2025.

ASIC invites feedback on options for regulation of employee redundancy funds (news item)

ASIC announces approach to regulation of employee redundancy funds (news item)

INFO 237 Protecting against share sale fraud (updated)

Updated guidance for AFS licensees about how they can reduce share sale fraud risks to their clients and business.

RG 1 Applying for and varying an AFS licence (reissued)

RG 105 AFS licensing: Organisational competence (updated)

RG 121 Doing financial services business in Australia (updated)

RG 131 Funds management: Establishing and registering a fund (updated)

RG 140 Strata schemes and management rights schemes (updated)

RG 148 Platforms that are managed investment schemes and nominee and custody services (updated)

RG 166 AFS licensing: Financial requirements (updated)

RG 176 Foreign financial services providers (updated)

RG 179 Managed discretionary accounts (updated)

RG 262 Crowd-sourced funding: Guide for intermediaries (updated)

INFO 65 Resignation of an auditor of a public company (reissued)

INFO 86 How do RSE and AFS licensing application processes work together? (reissued)

INFO 100 Margin lending: Getting or varying an AFS licence (reissued)

INFO 134 Complying with your obligations if both credit licensee and AFS licensee (reissued)

INFO 156 Regulated emissions units: Applying for or varying an AFS licence (reissued)

INFO 225 Crypto-assets (updated)

INFO 243 Licensing requirements for providers of funeral expenses facilities (reissued)

INFO 251 AFS licensing requirement for trustees of unregistered managed investment schemes (reissued)

INFO 253 Claims handling and settling: How to comply with your AFS licence obligations (reissued)

INFO 293 Requesting eligible applicant authorisation (new)

INFO 294 FAQs: AFS licence applications (new)

New and updated guidance to help AFS licence applicants submit applications and make notifications to ASIC using ASIC's new digital portal. 

The following regulatory guides have been withdrawn because the content has been integrated into RG 1 and the ASIC Regulatory Portal:

• RG 2 AFS Licensing Kit: Part 2 – Preparing your AFS licence or variation application
• RG 3 AFS Licensing Kit: Part 3 – Preparing your additional proofs

INFO 286 FAQs: Ongoing fee arrangements and consents (updated)

Updated to account for ASIC's limited no-action position in response to a specific issue raised by the advice industry about the inclusion of account numbers in a client’s written consent for the deduction, or arranging of the deduction, of ongoing advice fees. 

APRA-ASIC letter on premium increases in life insurance 5 June 2025 (PDF 195 KB)

Update on the progress life companies (life insurers and friendly societies) have made in addressing issues related to premium increases, product design, and disclosure and marketing materials.   

ASIC Market Integrity Rules (Securities Markets) Determination 2025/342

ASIC Market Integrity Rules (Securities Markets) Repeal Instrument 2025/343

Maintains ASIC's policy of determining the allocation of Equity Market Products to tiers.

Replaces ASIC Market Integrity Rules (Securities Markets) Determination 2025/140 (repealed 4 July 2025).

INFO 30 Fees for commonly lodged documents (reissued)

Updated to account for indexation of fees and charges for FY 2025-26.

CS 20 Proposed remake of basic deposit and general insurance product distribution legislative instrument

Proposes remaking ASIC Corporations (Basic Deposit and General Insurance Product Distribution) Instrument 2015/682, which was due to sunset on 1 October 2025, in substantially the same form.

ASIC Corporations (ASIC CS Services Rules Limited Exemption–ASX Clear) Instrument 2025/256

ASIC Corporations (ASIC CS Services Rules Limited Exemption–ASX Settlement) Instrument 2025/257

Provide a conditional temporary exemption from certain CS Services Rules until 1 July 2025.

Exempts Barclays Capital Asia Limited from certain reporting requirements in the ASIC Market Integrity Rules (Capital) 2021 and the ASIC Market Integrity Rules (Securities Markets) 2017 by extending the term of ASIC Market Integrity Rules (Capital, Securities Markets) Barclays Capital Asia Limited Waiver 2022/516.

Update reflects recent legislative amendments that clarify the tax residency disclosure requirements where entities are resident in more than one jurisdiction, as well as when an entity is an ‘Australian resident’ for the purposes of the consolidated entity disclosure statement, including partnerships and trusts.

25-079MR ASIC announces financial reporting and audit focus areas for FY 2025-26 

Proposes remaking ASIC Corporations (Incidental Retail Cover) Instrument 2022/716 that exempts insurers and brokers from certain retail client obligations, specifically when incidental retail cover provided in business insurance contracts.

Submissions close 16 June 2025.

ASIC proposes to remake incidental retail cover legislative instrument (news item 16/5/2025)

ASIC remakes incidental retail cover legislative instrument (news item 13/8/2025)

Proposes remaking for a further five years the following legislative instruments relating to licensing and disclosure relief for particular forms of general advice and dealing that are scheduled to sunset on 1 October 2025:

• ASIC Corporations (Advertising by Product Issuers) Instrument 2015/539
• ASIC Corporations (General Advice Warning) Instrument 2015/540, and
• ASIC Corporations (Financial Services Guides) Instrument 2015/541.

Submissions close 12 June 2025.

ASIC proposes to remake three financial advice-related legislative instruments (news item)

ASIC issues new financial advice-related legislative instrument (news item)

RG 281 Low cost credit contracts (new)

RG 203 Do I need a credit licence? (updated)

RG 204 Applying for and varying a credit licence (updated)

RG 205 Credit licensing: General conduct obligations (updated)

INFO 103 FAQs: Getting a credit licence (reissued)

INFO 104 FAQs: Complying with your credit obligations (reissued)

INFO 105 FAQs: Dealing with consumers and credit (reissued)

INFO 126 Credit representatives (reissued)

INFO 134 Complying with your obligations if both credit licensee and AFS licensee (reissued)

INFO 146 Responsible lending disclosure obligations: Overview for credit licensees and representatives (reissued)

New and updated guidance to help buy now pay later providers understand their obligations, ahead of new laws coming into effect on 10 June 2025.

25-069MR ASIC releases new regulatory guidance to support buy now pay later industry reforms

CP 382 Low cost credit contracts (Submissions and Summary of feedback)

SMSF auditor disqualification notice under section 130F(2) of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act.

Explains the process for individuals or entities who want to be authorised as eligible applicants by ASIC under the Corporations Act, which enables them to apply to a court to conduct or take part in public examinations related to the affairs of a company in external administration.

ASIC releases guidance on requesting eligible applicant authorisation (news item)

Atachment updated to reflect the removal of the annual compliance fee in 2018.

Sets out ASIC’s approach to publication, at a firm level, of:

• data about reportable situations reports submitted to ASIC, and
• data about internal dispute resolution submissions to ASIC.

In particular, this paper sets out our proposals regarding:

• how we will present and contextualise the data
  the scope of the data we will publish, and
• the data elements we propose to publish.

Submissions close 14 May 2025.

25-054MR ASIC consults on plan to increase visibility of firms’ breach and complaints data

INFO 88 Notifying ASIC of the appointment of an AFS authorised representative (reissued)

INFO 91 Who can be an authorised representative of an AFS licensee (reissued) 

INFO 250 Giving AFS and credit licensees information about their representatives (reissued)

INFO 260 Timeframe for passing the financial adviser exam (reissued)

INFO 268 Relevant providers who provide tax (financial) advice services (reissued)

INFO 270 Warnings and reprimands (reissued)

INFO 273 FSCP decisions: Your rights (reissued)

INFO 276 Registration for relevant providers (reissued)

INFO 277 Registration of relevant providers: Guidance on making declarations (reissued)

INFO 281 Accessing the experienced provider pathway (reissued)

Updated to ensure currency and reflect reforms introduced by the Corporations Amendment (Professional Standards of Financial Advisers) Act 2017.

Financial advice

RG 280 Sustainability reporting (new)

ASIC Corporations (Amendment) Instrument 2025/164

REP 809 Response to submissions on CP 380 Sustainability reporting

RG 280 updated to provide guidance for entities that are required to prepare a sustainability report containing climate-related financial information under Chapter 2M of the Corporations Act. This may include companies, registered schemes, registrable superannuation entities, and retail corporate collective investment vehicles.

ASIC has also extended the relief in ASIC Corporations (Financial Reporting by Stapled Entities) Instrument 2023/673 and amended ASIC Corporations (Electronic Lodgment of Financial Reports) Instrument 2016/181 to allow stapled entities to prepare a consolidated sustainability report for the stapled group and facilitate electronic lodgement of sustainability reports.

REP 809 provides detail about ASIC’s responses to the submissions received during the consultation process, including how the feedback was addressed in RG 280.

25-051MR ASIC issues sustainability reporting regulatory guide

What small businesses need to know about sustainability reporting requirements (news item)

CP 380 Sustainability reporting (Non-confidential submissions in response to CP 380)

Joint ASIC-RBA letter regarding management of operational risk at ASX (PDF 297 KB)

Outlines further steps to address increasing ASIC and RBA concerns over the management of operational risk at ASX, following the CHESS batch settlement failure incident that occurred on 20 December 2024.

25-050MR RBA and ASIC act on deep concerns with ASX

Written notice of requirement to appoint an expert to provide ASIC with a report (PDF 303 KB)

Letter accompanying ASIC's notice to ASX (PDF 235 KB)

REP 806 Taking ownership of death benefits: How trustees can deliver outcomes Australians deserve

Provides detailed observations from ASIC's review of the death benefit claims handling practices of 10 superannuation trustees. It identifies better practices, as well as systemic failures by some trustees that exposed grieving Australians to added emotional and financial distress.

INFO 5 Application to suppress residential address (reissued)

Reissued to ensure currency.

ASIC Corporations (31-day Term Deposits) Instrument 2025/172

ASIC Corporations (Repeal) Instrument 2025/182

Remakes the relief that is currently provided by Class Order [CO 14/1262] Relief for 31 day notice term deposits, which was due to expire ('sunset') on 1 April 2025, for up to five years. 

ASIC Corporations (Offers of CHESS Depository Interests) Instrument 2025/180

ASIC Corporations (Repeal) Instrument 2025/181

RG 253 Fundraising: Facilitating offers of CHESS Depository Interests (reissued)

Remakes the relief that is currently provided by Class Order [CO 14/827] Offers of CHESS Depository Interests, which was due to expire ('sunset') on 1 April 2025, for a period of five years.

Also repealed: Class Order [CO 14/1276] Repeal of Class Order [SCO 10/321]

INFO 29 External administration, controller appointments and schemes of arrangement: Most commonly lodged forms (reissued)

INFO 258 Continuing professional education requirements for registered liquidators (reissued)

INFO 29 reissued to remove incorrect lodgement guidance for Form 5601 and include guidance on lodgement order for Small Business Restructurings in the flowcharts and another page.

INFO 258 reissued to add an example for pre-ILRA Registered Liquidators showing the difference between renewal periods and CPE periods.

ASIC Corporations (Employee Incentive Schemes—Ongoing Relief) Instrument 2025/169

ASIC Corporations (Repeal) Instrument 2025/170

Remakes the following class orders that were due to expire ('sunset') to assist entities that have obligations in relation to employee incentive schemes (legacy schemes):

• [CO 14/978] Employee incentive schemes: Personal offers
• [CO 14/1000] Employee incentive schemes: Listed bodies
• [CO 14/1001] Employee incentive schemes: Listed bodies

ASIC Corporations (Amendment) Instrument 2025/184

Amends ASIC Corporations (Derivative Trade Repository Rules—DDRS) Instrument 2023/725 

RG 216 Markets Disciplinary Panel (reissued)

Minor updates to reflect recent Panel decisions on the application of the new penalty regime imposed by the Treasury Laws Amendment (Strengthening Corporate and Financial Sector Penalties) Act 2019 and current MDP processes, including that MDP hearings can now be conducted virtually.

ASIC Superannuation (Notice of disqualification—Kennedy Weldemariam) Instrument 2025/158

SMSF auditor disqualification notice under section 130F(2) of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act.

REP 805 Falling short: Compliance with the small amount credit contract obligations

Summarises findings and observations from ASIC’s review of Australian credit licensees who offered small amount credit contracts from December 2022 to August 2024 following changes to laws governing small amount credit contracts under the Financial Service Reform Act 2022.

CS 17 Proposed updates to the ASIC Derivative Trade Repository Rules 2023

Proposes amending the ASIC Derivative Trade Repository Rules 2023 (2023 DTR Rules) to:

• re-reference the changed location of definitions in the Corporations Act which have been moved by the Treasury Laws Amendment (2023 Law Improvement Package No. 1) Act 2023, and
• make other minor administrative updates.

Submissions close 8 April 2025.

ASIC Market Integrity Rules (Securities Markets) Determination 2025/140

ASIC Market Integrity Rules (Securities Markets) Repeal Instrument 2025/141

Maintains ASIC's policy of determining the allocation of Equity Market Products to tiers.

Replaces ASIC Market Integrity Rules (Securities Markets) Determination 2024/912 (repealed 4 April 2025).

RG 209 Credit licensing: Responsible lending conduct (reissued)

Updated to clarify how the Higher Education Loan Program (HELP), and other student loan commitments, may be considered by banks and lenders assessing whether a consumer can afford to take on new credit.

INFO 100 Margin lending: Getting or varying an AFS licence (updated)

INFO 110 Lenders with carried over instruments (updated)

INFO 132 Applying for a credit licence: Details of professional indemnity insurance (updated)

INFO 210 Unfair contract term protections for consumers (updated)

INFO 211 Unfair contract term protections for small businesses (updated)

INFO 218 Disputes about life insurance (updated)

INFO 229 Limited AFS licensees: Complying with your licensing obligations (updated)

INFO 264 FAQs: Design and distribution obligations for advice licensees and financial advisers (updated)

Minor updates to clarify dispute-related information (e.g. replacing references to ‘external dispute resolution scheme’ with references to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA), where appropriate), and other minor changes to ensure currency.

REP 804 ASIC enforcement and regulatory update: July to December 2024

Provides an overview of ASIC’s work and key matters between 1 July and 31 December 2024.

25-026MR ASIC shuts down 130 investment scam websites per week

Australia’s evolving capital markets: A discussion paper on the dynamics between public and private markets

Seeks engagement from participants in Australia’s capital markets, their advisers and other interested persons on important issues and implications arising from evolving changes in Australia’s capital markets.

REP 807 Evaluating the state of the Australian public equity market: Evidence from data and academic literature

25-021MR Advancing Australia’s regulatory roadmap for public and private capital markets

ASIC Superannuation (Notice of disqualification—Jean-Marcel Majman) Instrument 2025/124

SMSF auditor disqualification notice under section 130F(2) of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act

ASIC CS Services Rules 2025

REP 808 Response to submissions on CP 379 ASIC CS Services Rules

New clearing and settlement (CS) rules to facilitate competitive outcomes in the monopoly provision of clearing and settlement services under section 828A of the Corporations Act.

CS 16 Reportable situations – additional relief 

Proposes additional relief under the reportable situations regime from reporting certain breaches of the misleading and deceptive conduct provisions and certain contraventions of civil penalty provisions.

Submissions close 11 March 2025.

INFO 5 Application to suppress residential address (reissued)

Content simplified to ensure the suppression process is clear for customers and common lodgement errors are avoided, including:

• adding links to the AEC website for further guidance on silent enrolment
• making lodgement requirements clearer, and
• defining how to manage and cancel an existing suppression.

RG 51 Applications for relief (reissued)

RG 108 No-action letters (reissued)

Updates improve and simplify our guidance regarding relief and no-action letters by centralising related guidance and amending outdated references.

The following regulatory guides have been withdrawn because relevant guidance has now been incorporated into RG 51:

• RG 21 How ASIC charges fees for relief applications
• RG 57 Notification of rights of review, and
• RG 208 How ASIC charges fees for credit relief applications

ASIC updates guidance for applicants applying for ASIC relief or no-action letters (news item)

CS 11 Proposed updates to RG 51 and RG 108 (Non-confidential submissions)

CP 382 Low cost credit contracts

Sets out ASIC’s proposals for providing guidance to Australian credit licensees and potential licensees on the obligations that will apply to low cost credit contracts and buy now pay later contracts under the consumer credit regime, including the modified responsible lending obligations in Chapter 3 of the National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009.

Submissions close 7 March 2025.

Open letter to superannuation trustees (PDF 262 KB)

Outlines ASIC's guidance for superannuation trustees in preventing, detecting and responding to scams and fraud activity.

CS 15 Proposed remake of relief for offers of CHESS Depository Interests

Seeks feedback on our proposal to remake Class Order [CO 14/827] Offers of CHESS Depository Interests, which is due to expire on 1 April 2025.

Submissions close 28 February 2025.

CS 14 Proposed remake of relief for employee incentive schemes

Seeks feedback on our proposal to remake two employee incentive scheme (EIS) class orders which are due to expire on 1 April 2025:

• Class Order [CO 14/1000] Employee incentive schemes: Listed bodies, and
• Class Order [CO 14/1001] Employee incentive schemes: Unlisted bodies

Submissions close 22 February 2025.

INFO 285 Buy now pay later credit contracts: Credit licensing (new)

Explains the new requirements for credit licensing that apply from 10 June 2025 to anyone engaging in credit activities involving buy now pay later contracts under the Treasury Laws Amendment (Responsible Buy Now Pay Later and Other Measures) Act 2024 (BNPL Act).

INFO 291 FAQs: FSGs and website disclosure information (updated)

FAQ 7 updated to clarify when a providing entity can publish an FSG on its website as an alternative to 'giving' an FSG.

CS 13 Extending relief for business introduction services

Invites feedback on whether the relief under ASIC Corporations (Business Introduction Services) Instrument 2022/805, due to expire on 1 April 2025, should:

• be extended for an additional period in relation to managed investment schemes, and
• reinstate previous relief from Chapter 6D of the Corporations Act in relation to securities, other than debentures.

Submissions close 5 February 2025.

RG 246 Conflicted and other banned remuneration (updated)

Commencement date of certain DBFO-related reforms in notes under paras RG 246.56, RG 246.58 and RG 246.77 updated to 9 July 2025.

INFO 292 FAQs: Informed consents for insurance commissions (updated)

Commencement date of certain DBFO-related reforms updated to 9 July 2025.