FSR Outlook 2022: Anticipating Change, Being Prepared

14 December, 2021
Our Financial Services Regulatory team surveys the regulatory landscape for 2022 and identifies themes that we expect to be at the core of regulatory priorities globally over the next 12 months.  On 7 December 2021, HSF published its annual Financial Services Regulatory Outlook report surveying the global regulatory landscape for 2022 which addressed the following … Read more

The Legal 500: Fintech Country Comparative Guide

09 June, 2021
Herbert Smith Freehills partners Charlotte Henry, Peter Jones and Peter Dunne, along with consultant Tony Coburn have authored the Australian chapter of The Legal 500: Fintech Country Comparative Guide – a publication which provides a pragmatic overview of the law and practice of fintech law across a variety of jurisdictions. The chapter covers topics such as payments, … Read more

Select Committee on Australia as a Technology & Financial Centre

06 May, 2021
On 28 April 2021, the Senate Select Committee on Australia as a Technology & Financial Centre (previously known as the Select Committee on FinTech & RegTech) released its Second Interim Report. The Second Interim Report addresses digital assets and the need for a policy framework as well as regulatory issues concerning the consumer data right. … Read more

ASIC’s 2020/21 timetable released

11 June, 2020
Today, ASIC published its Interim Corporate Plan for the 2020–2021 financial year and an updated timetable of its ongoing work up to the second quarter of 2021. Key dates with respect to legal and regulatory reform in the financial and credit services industries are set out in the table below: Project Indicative timing Product intervention … Read more

Consumers to Receive Data Rights

21 August, 2018
By Lisa Whiting Consumers are set to receive certain rights in relation to personal data held about them. These rights are provided for under exposure draft legislation released by Treasury. Submissions on the draft are due by 7 September 2018. Read more