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ASIC's product intervention power
RG 272 Product intervention power (see 20-139MR)
REP 661 Response to submissions on CP 313 Product intervention power (see 19-157MR)
Background
CP 324 Product intervention: The sale of add-on financial products through caryard intermediaries (see 19-267MR and 20-179MR)
Product design and distribution obligations (DDOs)
RG 274 Product design and distribution obligations (see 20-320MR)
ASIC Corporations (Design and Distribution Obligations—Exchange Traded Products) Instrument 2020/1090
ASIC Corporations (Design and Distribution Obligations Interim Measures) Instrument 2021/784
INFO 264 FAQs: Design and distribution obligations for advice licensees and financial advisers (see news item)
Related information
CO 14/1262 Technical modifications to Schedule 10 of the Corporations Regulations
ASIC Corporations (Basic Deposit and General Insurance Product Distribution) Instrument 2015/682
ASIC Corporations (Design and Distribution Obligations—Reissued Life Policies Class Exemption) Instrument 2023/183
ASIC Corporations (Superannuation Payment Facility) Instrument 2023/271
Background
REP 762 Design and distribution obligations: Investment products (see 23-115MR)
REP 754 Target market determinations for small amount credit contracts (see 22-352MR)
ASIC Corporations (Deferral of Design and Distribution Obligations) Instrument 2020/486 (see 20-109MR)
REP 674 Response to submissions on CP 325 Product design and distribution obligations (19-369MR)
Add-on financial products
RG 275 The deferred sales model for add-on insurance (see 21-189MR)
ASIC (Information under the Deferred Sales Model for Add-On Insurance) Instrument 2021/632
REP 695 Response to submissions on CP 339 on the deferred sales model for add-on insurance (21-043MR)
Background
19-267MR ASIC consults on reforms to sale of add-on financial products sold with cars
CP 324 Product intervention: The sale of add-on financial products through caryard intermediaries (see 19-267MR and 20-179MR)
Binary options
ASIC Corporations (Product Intervention Order Extension—Binary Options) Instrument 2022/779 (see 22-243MR)
REP 736 Response to submissions on CP 362 Extension of the binary options product intervention order (see 22-118MR and 22-243MR)
Background
Corporations (Product Intervention Order—Binary Options) Instrument 2021/240 (see 21-064MR)
Public intervention order notice (PDF 673 KB)
REP 626 Consumer harm from OTC binary options and CFDs (see CP 322 and 19-220MR)
Consumer credit insurance
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Contracts for difference (CFDs)
ASIC Corporations (Product Intervention Order Extension—Contracts for Difference) Instrument 2022/259 (see 22-082MR)
REP 724 Response to submissions on CP 348 Extension of the CFD product intervention order (see 21-274MR)
Background
ASIC Corporations (Product Intervention Order—Contracts for Difference) Instrument 2020/986 (see 20-254MR and 21-060MR)
Public intervention order notice (PDF 182KB)
REP 626 Consumer harm from OTC binary options and CFDs (see CP 322 and 19-220MR)
Crypto-assets
INFO 225 Crypto-assets
INFO 230 Exchange traded products: Admission guidelines
REP 705 Response to submissions on CP 343 Crypto-assets as underlying assets for ETPs and other investment products (see 21-285MR)
Deposit products
RG 40 ASIC’s guide to good transaction fee disclosure for bank, building society and credit union deposit and payments products (transaction accounts)
CO 11/927 Australian financial services licensing exemption for NGOs (Non-government organisations) providing basic deposit advice
CO 14/1262 Relief for 31 day notice term deposits
ASIC Corporations (Basic Deposit and General Insurance Product Distribution) Instrument 2015/682
ASIC Corporations (Deposit Product Disclosure) Instrument 2015/683
ASIC Corporations (Mortgage Offset Accounts) Instrument 2017/795
REP 584 Improved protections for deposit accounts with third-party access
Derivatives
RG 227 Over-the-counter contracts for difference: Improving disclosure for retail investors
ASIC Corporations (Exchange-Traded Derivatives: Multiple Issuers) Instrument 2016/883
Exchange traded products
INFO 230 Exchange traded products: Admission guidelines
REP 750 Response to submissions on CP 356 ETP naming conventions: Updates to INFO 230 (see 22-003MR and 22-325MR)
Extended warranties
INFO 198 Extended warranties
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20-179MR ASIC consults on proposed product intervention order for the sale of add-on motor vehicle financial risk products
Funeral expenses facilities
INFO 243 Licensing requirements for providers of funeral expenses facilities (see 20-076MR)
General insurance
ASIC Corporations (Basic Deposit and General Insurance Product Distribution) Instrument 2015/682
ASIC Corporations (PDS Requirements for General Insurance Quotes) Instrument 2022/66 (see 22-028MR; 21-156MR and CP 344 Remaking ASIC class order on when debentures can be called secured notes: [CO 12/1482])
ASIC Corporations (Cash Settlement Fact Sheet) Instrument 2022/59 (see 22-034MR)
ASIC Corporations (Notification of Authorised Representatives) Instrument 2022/301 (see 22-146MR)
ASIC Corporations (Incidental Retail Cover) Instrument 2022/716 (see 22-222MR)
ASIC Corporations (Cash Settlement Fact Sheet and Confirming Transactions) Instrument 2022/809 (see 22-261MR)
ASIC Corporations (Financial Services Guides) Instrument 2022/910 (see 22-327MR)
REP 7 Consumer understanding of flood insurance
REP 54 Making home insurance better
REP 89 Getting home insurance right: a report on home building underinsurance
REP 415 Review of the sale of home insurance
REP 416 Insuring your home: Consumers’ experiences buying home insurance
REP 424 Review of no-claims discount schemes
REP 454 Funeral insurance: A snapshot
REP 470 Buying add-on insurance in car yards: Why it can be hard to say no
REP 492 A market that is failing consumers: The sale of add-on insurance through car dealers
REP 621 Roadblocks and roundabouts: A review of car insurance claim investigations
REP 622 Consumer credit insurance: Poor value products and harmful sales practices
REP 633 Holes in the safety net: A review of TPD insurance claims
REP 621 Roadblocks and roundabouts: A review of car insurance claim investigations (see 19-172MR)
REP 622 Consumer credit insurance: Poor value products and harmful sales practices (see 19-180MR)
INFO 210 Unfair contract term protections for consumers (see 20-248MR
INFO 211 Unfair contract term protections for small businesses (see 20-248MR)
INFO 253 Claims handling and settling: How to comply with your AFS licence obligations (see 21-067MR)
Life products
Ban on unfair cold call sales of direct life insurance and CCI
ASIC Corporations (Hawking—Life Risk Insurance and Consumer Credit Insurance) Instrument 2019/839 (see 19-335MR)
REP 640 Response to submissions on CP 317 Unsolicited telephone sales of direct life insurance and consumer credit insurance (see 19-188MR)
RG 38 The hawking prohibitions
RG 195 Group purchasing bodies for insurance and risk products
ASIC Corporations (Life Insurance Commissions) Instrument 2017/510
ASIC Corporations (Group Purchasing Bodies) Instrument 2018/751
INFO 218 Disputes about life insurance
REP 10 Final report of the national life insurance disability campaign
REP 413 Review of retail life insurance advice
REP 471 The sale of life insurance through car dealers: Taking consumers for a ride
REP 498 Life insurance claims: An industry review
REP 587 The sale of direct life insurance
REP 588 Consumers’ experiences with the sale of direct life insurance
REP 591 Insurance in superannuation
REP 633 TPD insurance: Progress made but gaps remain (see 19-281MR)
REP 646 Insurance in superannuation: Industry implementation of the Voluntary Code of Practice (see 19-352MR)
REP 696 TPD insurance: Progress made but gaps remain (see 21-195MR)
19-160MR APRA and ASIC publish latest data on life insurance claims and disputes (see https://www.apra.gov.au/publications/life-insurance-claims-and-disputes-statistics)
Life Insurance Claims and Disputes Statistics (APRA) (see 19-070MR)
Life insurance claims comparison tool (MoneySmart) (see 19-070MR)
INFO 253 Claims handling and settling: How to comply with your AFS licence obligations (see 21-067MR)
Managed investment schemes and securities
RG 161 Share and interest sale facilities
ASIC Corporations (Share and Interest Sale Facilities) Instrument 2018/99
INFO 251 AFS licensing requirement for trustees of unregistered managed investment schemes
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Non-cash payment facilities
RG 185 Non-cash payment facilities
ASIC Corporations (Non-cash Payment Facilities) Instrument 2016/211
INFO 225 Initial coin offerings
REP 4 Compliance with the Payments System Codes of Practice and the EFT Code of Conduct (April 1998 to March 1999)
REP 11 Compliance with the Payments System Codes of Practice and the EFT Code of Conduct (April 1999 to March 2000)
REP 13 Compliance with the Payments System Codes of Practice and the EFT Code of Conduct (April 2000 to March 2001)
REP 20 Compliance with the Payments System Codes of Practice and the EFT Code of Conduct (April 2001 to March 2002)
REP 27 Compliance with the Payments System Codes of Practice and the EFT Code of Conduct (April 2002 to March 2003)
REP 63 Compliance with the EFT Code of Conduct (April 2003 to March 2004)
Regulated emissions units
RG 236 Do I need an AFS licence to participate in carbon markets?
INFO 156 Regulated emissions units: Applying for or varying an AFS licence
Schemes of arrangement
ASIC Corporations (Compromises or Arrangements) Instrument 2015/358
School banking programs
CP 323 Review of school banking programs (see 19-266MR)
Securities
RG 95 Disclosing entity provisions relief
RG 141 Offers of securities on the Internet
RG 158 Advertising and publicity for offers of securities
REP 9 Online trading survey report
Structured products
REP 340 ‘Capital protected’ and ‘capital guaranteed’ retail structured products
REP 341 Retail investor research into structured ‘capital protected’ and ‘capital guaranteed’ investments
Superannuation and retirement savings accounts
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Warrants
RG 143 Takeovers provisions: Warrants
RG 197 Warrants: out of use notices
ASIC Corporations (Exchange-Traded Warrants) Instrument 2016/886
ASIC Corporations (Warrants: Out-of-use notices) Instrument 2019/148