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ASIC's responses to COVID-19
ASIC website resources
- COVID-19 information for financial advisers and advice licensees: FAQs
- COVID-19 regulatory information
- Changes to regulatory work and priorities in response to COVID-19
- New and updated regulatory documents
Financial advice relief
21-072MR ASIC extends temporary financial advice relief measure in COVID-19 instrument
See
20-085MR, 20-135MR and 20-220MR
ASIC Corporations (COVID-19—Advice-related Relief) Instrument 2021/268
Example Record of Advice (ROA): COVID-19 relief measure (PDF 660 KB): see 21-072MR (Editor's note)
ASIC Corporations (COVID-19—Advice-related Relief) Instrument 2020/355 (repealed)
Other relief
ASIC Corporations (COVID-19 — Distribution of Debit Cards) Instrument 2020/401
ASIC Corporations (Share and Interest Purchase Plans) Instrument 2019/547 (see 20-075MR, 20-135MR and 20-220MR)
No action position for superannuation trustees (see 20-220MR)
ASIC Corporations (Approval of Variation of March 2020 Banking Code of Practice) Instrument 2020/602 (see 20-148MR)
News
ASIC and APRA letter to superannuation trustees on impact of COVID-19 (PDF 87 KB) (see article 1/4/2020)
ASIC letter - Unlicensed financial advice by real estate agents to tenants (PDF 126 KB) (see article 3/4/2020)
ASIC letter to general insurers in the current COVID-19 environment (PDF 153 KB) (see news item 27/4/2020)
ASIC letter to life insurers in the current COVID-19 environment (PDF 120 KB) (see news item 27/4/2020)
FINSIA – The regulators: Priorities updated (speech 21/5/2020)
Select Committee on COVID-19 – Opening statement (speech 28/5/2020)
Scam alert: fake endorsements misleading investors (news item 12/6/2020)
Advertising financial products and services: obligations and ASIC’s expectations (article 18/6/2020)
End of COVID-19 deferrals and payments (article 23/6/2020)
The role of super funds during COVID-19 (article 3/7/2020)
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services - Opening statement (speech 15/7/2020)
ASIC’s role in ensuring confidence is maintained in the financial system (Statement to House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics, Parliament House: see news item 5/8/2020)
ASIC issues no-action position in relation to ongoing fee arrangement obligations for Victorian financial advice businesses (article 24/9/2020)
ASIC letter to insurers, Lloyd’s coverholders and brokers (PDF 153 KB) (see news item 16/10/2020)
Regulatory Update (speech 26/10/2020)
2020 in review and COVID-19 recovery (speech 13/11/2020)
ASIC’s expectations for protecting vulnerable customers (speech 26/11/2020)
Letter to Insurance Council of Australia regarding no-action position (PDF 134 KB) (see news item 14/1/2021)
Review of how superannuation trustees supported their members during COVID-19 (news article 22/3/2021)
ASIC sets expectations of life and general insurers following a review of insurers’ responses to consumers experiencing financial hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic (news item 22/4/2021)