Specialty Group: Financial Institutions and Markets

ASIC has issued Report 770 Design and distribution obligations: Retail OTC derivatives on findings from its recent review of compliance with design and distribution obligations (DDO) by issuers of over-the-counter (OTC) ...

In September 2023, Parliament approved new rules on consumer credits, which aim to update Directive 2008/48/EC. These changes come in response to challenges such as digitalization and consumer over-indebtedness. These ne ...

The annual superannuation performance test has shone a light on poor performance in the MySuper segment since its introduction in 2021. Now the Choice segment is under the spotlight as more than one in 10 trustee-directe ...

On 5 September 2023, the Financial Accountability Regime Bill 2023 (Bill) was finally passed by both Houses of Parliament, meaning that the long-awaited Financial Accountability Regime (FAR) is poised to become Australia ...