Day: November 9, 2023

ESMA to put cyber risk as a new Union Strategic Supervisory Priority

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, is changing its Union Strategic Supervisory Priorities (USSPs) to focus on cyber risk and digital resilience alongside ESG disclosures. With this new priority, EU supervisors will put greater emphasis on reinforcing firms’ ICT risk management through close monitoring and supervisory actions, …

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Unfair Contract Terms reforms commence

What’s changed? From 9 November 2023, reforms will make UCTs illegal, attracting substantial penalties under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 and the ASIC Act 2001, with each unfair term forming a separate contravention. The reforms also expand the class of small business that can rely on UCT protections. To meet the small business threshold from 9 …

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ASIC oversees more than $17.4 million in compensation to retail investors by OTC derivative issuers

ASIC has overseen more than $17.4 million in combined compensation payments to over 2,000 retail clients affected by breaches of financial services laws by eight retail OTC derivative issuers. This compensation figure, being paid or agreed to be paid since March 2021, comprises: a combined $4.3 million paid or agreed to be paid to over …

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