This report is for Australian financial services (AFS) licensees, Australian credit licensees (credit licensees), lawyers, application service providers, and professionals working in financial services.

It describes the key regulatory issues and ASIC’s activities regarding licensing and professional registration. It focuses on the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018 (relevant period) and sets out our decisions on applications for:

• new AFS licences and licence variations;
• new credit licences and licence variations;
• the registration of company auditors and approved self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) auditors; and
• financial markets, clearing and settlement (CS) facilities, and derivative trade repositories (trade repositories).