A speech by Cathie Armour, Commissioner, Australian Securities and Investments Commission to the 10th annual Risk Australia conference, Sydney, 20 August 2015
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Thank you for the introduction, and for the invitation to speak at the Risk Australia conference.
I was asked to talk to you today about ‘Setting the reform agenda in a changing global regulatory landscape’. This led to me reflect on what is a ‘changing global regulatory landscape’. Particularly, what has changed for ASIC and the Australian financial market, and what has stayed the same.
I will start by being a little controversial, and say that the environment we operate in has not changed in its fundamentals. Markets by nature will innovate, compete, and adapt to change – and regulation has evolved to keep up with innovation and change.