REP 804 ASIC enforcement and regulatory update: July to December 2024

Provides an overview of ASIC’s work and key matters between 1 July and 31 December 2024.

25-026MR ASIC shuts down 130 investment scam websites per week

Australia’s evolving capital markets: A discussion paper on the dynamics between public and private markets

Seeks engagement from participants in Australia’s capital markets, their advisers and other interested persons on important issues and implications arising from evolving changes in Australia’s capital markets.

REP 807 Evaluating the state of the Australian public equity market: Evidence from data and academic literature

25-021MR Advancing Australia’s regulatory roadmap for public and private capital markets

ASIC CS Services Rules 2025

REP 808 Response to submissions on CP 379 ASIC CS Services Rules

New clearing and settlement (CS) rules to facilitate competitive outcomes in the monopoly provision of clearing and settlement services under section 828A of the Corporations Act.

CS 16 Reportable situations – additional relief 

Proposes additional relief under the reportable situations regime from reporting certain breaches of the misleading and deceptive conduct provisions and certain contraventions of civil penalty provisions.

INFO 5 Application to suppress residential address (reissued)

Content simplified to ensure the suppression process is clear for customers and common lodgement errors are avoided, including:

• adding links to the AEC website for further guidance on silent enrolment
• making lodgement requirements clearer, and
• defining how to manage and cancel an existing suppression.

RG 51 Applications for relief (reissued)

RG 108 No-action letters (reissued)

Updates improve and simplify our guidance regarding relief and no-action letters by centralising related guidance and amending outdated references.

The following regulatory guides have been withdrawn because relevant guidance has now been incorporated into RG 51:

• RG 21 How ASIC charges fees for relief applications
• RG 57 Notification of rights of review, and
• RG 208 How ASIC charges fees for credit relief applications

ASIC updates guidance for applicants applying for ASIC relief or no-action letters (news item)

CS 11 Proposed updates to RG 51 and RG 108

CP 382 Low cost credit contracts

Sets out ASIC’s proposals for providing guidance to Australian credit licensees and potential licensees on the obligations that will apply to low cost credit contracts and buy now pay later contracts under the consumer credit regime, including the modified responsible lending obligations in Chapter 3 of the National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009.

Open letter to superannuation trustees (PDF 262 KB)

Outlines ASIC's guidance for superannuation trustees in preventing, detecting and responding to scams and fraud activity.

CS 15 Proposed remake of relief for offers of CHESS Depository Interests

Seeks feedback on our proposal to remake Class Order [CO 14/827] Offers of CHESS Depository Interests, which is due to expire on 1 April 2025.

Submissions close 28 February 2025.

CS 14 Proposed remake of relief for employee incentive schemes

Seeks feedback on our proposal to remake two employee incentive scheme (EIS) class orders which are due to expire on 1 April 2025:

• Class Order [CO 14/1000] Employee incentive schemes: Listed bodies, and
• Class Order [CO 14/1001] Employee incentive schemes: Unlisted bodies

Submissions close 22 February 2025.

INFO 285 Buy now pay later credit contracts: Credit licensing (new)

Explains the new requirements for credit licensing that apply from 10 June 2025 to anyone engaging in credit activities involving buy now pay later contracts under the Treasury Laws Amendment (Responsible Buy Now Pay Later and Other Measures) Act 2024 (BNPL Act).

INFO 291 FAQs: FSGs and website disclosure information (updated)

FAQ 7 updated to clarify when a providing entity can publish an FSG on its website as an alternative to 'giving' an FSG.

CS 13 Extending relief for business introduction services

Invites feedback on whether the relief under ASIC Corporations (Business Introduction Services) Instrument 2022/805, due to expire on 1 April 2025, should:

• be extended for an additional period in relation to managed investment schemes, and
• reinstate previous relief from Chapter 6D of the Corporations Act in relation to securities, other than debentures.

RG 246 Conflicted and other banned remuneration (updated)

Commencement date of certain DBFO-related reforms in notes under paras RG 246.56, RG 246.58 and RG 246.77 updated to 9 July 2025.

INFO 292 FAQs: Informed consents for insurance commissions (updated)

Commencement date of certain DBFO-related reforms updated to 9 July 2025.