Australian Securities and Investments Commission

The number of ASIC investigations and civil lawsuits before the Federal Court is on the rise. For the corporate regulator, picking the right case is a challenge.

The corporate regulator is drafting new guidance for cryptocurrencies, ramping up enforcement and engaging with the industry ahead of upcoming legislation.

ASIC alleges Australia's primary exchange not only failed to keep the market informed but knowingly misled it. "The ASX is going to be an international laughing stock," said one former market official.

A 15 month ASIC investigation into a bungled technology project revealed “collective organisational failure” at the exchange operator.

Experts say up to 10% of trades on the ASX could be 'tainted' by inside information. And insider traders are using more sophisticated techniques to get away with it.

ASIC says Australia’s public markets are among the cleanest in the developed world. But a number of recent questionable incidents including market-moving leaks call that into question.

Private credit is booming in part because banks are pulling out of lending to riskier sectors. But the big lenders are still clipping the ticket on the surging asset class.

The graphic design unicorn's acquisition of Leonardo.Ai would be the perfect test case for a mandatory merger-review system — but that's not the regulatory landscape we're in.

As the bad news keeps piling up for ANZ, investors are watching closely to see if CEO Shayne Elliott can prevent the bank's reputation from collapsing.

A lawsuit against four people allegedly involved in a Telegram-based “pump and dump” campaign targeting ASX stocks shows ASIC's surveillance methods are sophisticated and evolving.

Global payments and business services fintech Airwallex has obtained an Australian Financial Services licence allowing it to expand its cash management offer.

The market regulator has warned it will investigate any breaches of disclosure obligations after a brazen leak led to a big share price swing on the ASX.

Noumi's ongoing court battle with ASIC is stuck on a document discovery battle that will likely influence what information companies choose to hand over during regulatory probes.

Tackling greenwashing has been top of the regulatory to-do list for some time. As corporate use of AI-linked buzzwords increases, lawyers say an AI-washing crackdown could be next.

Australian regulators say they must find new ways to investigate and enforce against corporate wrongdoing and consumer harms as generative AI use increases.

An ambitious Sydney market infrastructure provider is looking to capitalise on the ASX’s mistakes and shatter its monopoly in clearing and settlement.

Senators also said flaws in existing corporate and consumer laws meant they failed to prevent consumers from buying products based on questionable sustainability claims.

A new probe from ASIC — and a recent win in the Federal Court — show how the emboldened regulator is taking on the financial services industry.

It's rare to hear calls for more regulation and rarer for it to come from challengers to an industry. But both smaller banks and crypto traders want to hear more from the regulators.