Tag: Australian Securities and Investment Commission

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ASIC suspends FTX financial services licence

Beleaguered cryptocurrency exchange FTX has had the financial services licence of its Australian subsidiary suspended by the corporate watchdog after the company filed for bankruptcy. While the suspension runs...

ASIC needs to boost its tech investment: review

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission “requires a substantial uplift in its data and technology capability” alongside a “material cultural change” to access the full benefit of any upgrade,...

‘Regulation is coming’: ASIC chair tells crypto ecosystem

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission must become a “digital savvy regulator” to tackle growing regulatory challenges including crypto assets and investment scams according to its chair Joseph Longo....

Accenture to oversee ASX blockchain system review

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The Australian Stock Exchange’s blockchain replacement for clearing system CHESS has been delayed again – for the fifth time – as the multinational tech consultants Accenture is brought in...

ASIC unveils new ICO guidelines

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The corporate regulator has released its first set of guidelines for ICOs – or Initial Coin Offerings – detailing how the ‘Wild West’ of startup capital raising is to...

ASIC to create RegTech advisory

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) wants to establish a new RegTech advisory group before the end of the year to help advocate for support for the RegTech...

ASIC set to move on ICOs

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australian regulators are grappling to control the “Wild West” world of ICOs, a new blockchain-based funding method that is changing the way new tech companies raise money. ASIC is...

ASIC’s Indonesia FinTech play

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australia’s corporate regulator has inked a FinTech partnership with its counterpart in Indonesia in a “terrific validation” for the work of the local sector. The Australian Securities and Investment...

ASIC weighs in on FinTech boom

Posted on   |  by Michael Sainsbury
With the world’s fourth largest accumulation of superannuation savings and a stock market dominated by the financial services sector in the shape of banks, investment funds and insurers, it’s...

ASIC plays in RegTech sandbox

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Australian and Securities and Investment Commission has turned its attention to the burgeoning regulatory technology sector, raising the possibility that its innovation hub and regulatory sandbox could be...