Stay Ahead: ASIC’s 2025 Enforcement Priorities

On 14 November 2024, Sarah Court, Deputy Chair of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), unveiled the regulator’s enforcement priorities for 2025, alongside its enduring focus areas.

What’s New for 2025?

ASIC has introduced several new enforcement priorities that reflect emerging trends and challenges in the financial and corporate sectors. At the same time, it continues to target misconduct that directly impacts households, highlighting its commitment to protecting consumers and ensuring market integrity.

Why It Matters to Your Business

Understanding ASIC’s enforcement priorities is essential for businesses striving to uphold compliance and adapt to evolving regulatory standards. Remaining informed about the regulator’s areas of focus helps mitigate risks, prevent unlawful conduct, and foster trust among stakeholders.

Explore the Insights

Our latest LexisNexis® Practical Guidance infographic breaks down ASIC’s 2025 enforcement priorities and risk areas in detail, offering actionable insights to help businesses stay ahead of compliance challenges.

Prepare for 2025 with confidence. Download the infographic today and ensure your business is equipped to navigate the year’s regulatory landscape.

Top five takeaways from ASIC’s 2025 priorities

• Ongoing cost-of-living pressures front of mind for ASIC: The grinding economic crunch for households has prompted a continued focus on protecting vulnerable consumers and small businesses, including from creditors and debt collectors.
• Digitisation and automation of financial markets under scrutiny: ASIC has announced a new priority related to technology and operational resilience for market operators and participants to maintain market integrity.
• Greenwashing still a priority: Following ASIC’s rollout of mandatory climate reporting standards for companies, this priority complements a continued focus on greenwashing by the ACCC.
• Insurance and superannuation providers on notice: ASIC believes insurance and superannuation are increasingly important areas for consumers: insurance due to climate change, extreme weather events, and affordability, and superannuation because it constitutes a large chunk of an individual’s wealth and standard of living in retirement.
• Auditors beware: With some auditors in the news this year for all the wrong reasons, ASIC is increasing its oversight of auditor conduct.