August 2021

ASIC Prioritizes Monitoring of CFDs and Binary Options Compliances

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) published on Thursday its four-year corporate plan for 2021 to 2025, outlining its priorities on the distribution of retail over-the-counter derivatives, especially on the contracts for difference (CFDs) and binary options. The regulator pointed out three key actions on its intervention in the retail OTC derivatives industry. First, […]

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ASIC Warns against Trading Cryptos on Unlicensed Exchanges

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has become the latest financial market regulator to ring the warning bell against the unlicensed cryptocurrency venues. According to a notice published on Wednesday, the regulator has cautioned Aussie investors who are investing in crypto-related financial products and services on platforms that do not hold an Australian Financial Services

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Asic to phase in financial sector reforms

  The new laws include design and distribution obligations, restrictions on the unsolicited selling of financial products (hawking), a deferred sales model for add-on insurance products, reference checking and information sharing requirements for financial advisers and brokers, and new requirements around how breaches are reported to ASIC and disputes are managed internally in firms. “These

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