The month of April saw the release of the ASX’s consultation paper ‘Enhancing the ASX Investment Products Offering’, as well as the publication by APRA and ASIC of the latest data pertaining to claims and disputes outcomes for life insurance.
April also saw ASIC extend the relief from certain dollar disclosures in PDSs for litigation
The month of March saw developments in relation to major legislative initiatives and regulatory consultations. Notably, the Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure Protection) Bill 2022 passed both Houses of Parliament and Amended Regulations pertaining to both Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers and the CCIV framework were registered. ASIC also opened up industry consultation on the AFS
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We will resume posting material on 26 April although if there are any significant developments we will endeavour to provide an update.
What’s on the regulatory horizon for financial services firms?
In the latest instalment of our Regulation Around the World series we focus on horizon scanning with members of our global financial services team exploring some of the key upcoming regulatory trends.
Our global updater focussing on horizon scanning is accompanied by further analysis in our
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We will resume posting material following the festive period on 6 January 2021 although if there are any significant developments we will endeavour to provide an update.
We invite you to join our webinar on 18 November 2021 in which our global financial services team will discuss and examine recent ESG related developments across key jurisdictions and provide their views on what’s on the horizon.
The webinar will be held on the following times during 18 November 2021:
We invite you to join our webinar on 18 November 2021 in which our global financial services team will discuss and examine recent ESG related developments across key jurisdictions and provide their views on what’s on the horizon.
The webinar will be held on the following times during 18 November 2021:
September continued to be a busy month in the funds, super and insurance sectors, as the industry is in the final stages of preparing for the anticipated breach-reporting, anti-hawking reforms and new customer complaints handling requirements which are effective from October. Notably, ASIC has provided further guidance on each of these topics to assist the
The month of August 2021 saw a release of anticipated updates to the upcoming changes in the funds management, superannuation and insurance sectors. Notably, Treasury has released the draft updated Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle fund legislation and tax framework, the release of the first Your Future Your Super performance test results and APRA and ASIC
The month of July 2021 saw the release of various anticipated consultations for the financial services sector.
In this wrap-up, we feature: