Navigating the Horizon: An AML Roadmap for Upcoming Regulatory Changes
Hype Agency2025-02-13T17:17:33+11:00Navigating AML regulatory changes. A strategic guide for existing reporting entities in Australia.
Wholesale investor reforms: Raising the bar
Amanda Mark2024-05-07T14:58:26+10:00Amanda Mark features in this recent article published in the Financial Standard on Australia's Treasury is review of the regulations for managed investment schemes (MIS), potentially raising the financial threshold for "sophisticated investors". Financial Standards Feature Wholesale investor reforms Vol22No6 April 8, 2024
Keep the regulatory change transition simple to avoid adviser fatigue
Amanda Mark2024-03-12T09:22:58+11:00Regulatory change for advisers has, regrettably, become more of a constant than the exception. But with the minister’s QAR reforms laid before us, a concentrated period of change looms. […]
An inside look at RegsWeb
Cinnamon Pow2023-10-04T18:23:43+11:00To ensure good compliance, your policies need to be three things: up-to-date, ready-to-use and easily accessible. RegsWeb is a MIntegrity tech solution that helps you stay on top of all this and more, assisting firms in all the elements of policy management. […]
ASIC Market Integrity Update: What you need to know
Andrew Tait2023-09-14T16:20:45+10:00In May 2023, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) released Issue 148 of its Market Integrity Update. The publication includes important information for market participants, including guidance for assessing cyber capabilities, reports on criminal sentences throughout the industry and — perhaps most importantly — a look at the updated market integrity rules penalty regime. [...]
Australian financial sector: Navigating regulatory compliance for cyber resilience
Amanda Mark2023-07-04T11:18:31+10:00Although cybersecurity has long been an integral part of the Australian financial sector, the idea of ‘cyber resilience’ is newer and more complicated. Instead of focusing on the tools or solutions required to protect an organisation, cyber resilience goes a step further to encompass frameworks, philosophies and applicable responsibilities. […]
How MIntegrity supports regulatory change management
Angeline Zaghloul2023-05-10T12:14:23+10:00Regulatory change management is an ongoing challenge for Australian Financial Service Licence (AFSL) and Australian Credit Licence (ACL) holders. The process is difficult due to numerous financial regulators, strict guidelines and dozens of weekly changes — but there are even more factors to consider. […]
Regulatory Changes in the Financial Services Industry: Trends for 2023
Angeline Zaghloul2023-05-10T12:14:47+10:00All financial services providers must keep track of trends such as business and consumer behaviours, new technology solutions and cybersecurity threats. These patterns are key to staying relevant and competitive — but to stay compliant, financial firms need to track trends in another area: regulatory change. […]
Expert insight on regulatory change management
Angeline Zaghloul2023-05-10T12:15:11+10:00Regulatory change management is notoriously difficult for financial service providers — especially in Australia, where regulations are particularly strict and numerous. With at least seven top regulators to watch, including the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC), AUSTRAC and the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC), each releasing dozens of regulatory changes and notices [...]