ASIC

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financial regulatory authority government agency

ASIC is Australia’s national corporate, markets, financial services and consumer credit regulator responsible for enforcing and administering the country’s company and financial services laws.

Aliases (1)

Australian Securities and Investments Commission ×3

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	financial regulatory authority → government agency →
canBan	directors → financial services providers →
canCommence	civil proceedings → criminal proceedings (via referrals) →
canImpose	administrative sanctions →
country	Australia →
enforces	consumer credit law → corporations law → financial services law →
formedByMergerOf	Australian Securities Commission → Insurance and Superannuation Commission (certain functions) →
fullName	Australian Securities and Investments Commission →
hasOfficeIn	Adelaide → Brisbane → Canberra → Darwin → Hobart → Melbourne → Perth → Sydney →
headquartersCountry	Australia →
headquartersLocation	New South Wales → Sydney →
issues	Australian Credit Licences → Australian Financial Services Licences →
jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia →
legalBasis	Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 → Corporations Act 2001 →
maintainsRegister	auditors → business names → companies → financial services licensees → liquidators →
memberOf	Council of Financial Regulators (Australia) →
oversees	Australian Securities Exchange → licensed clearing and settlement facilities → licensed financial markets →
parentAgency	Treasury portfolio of the Australian Government →
regulates	consumer credit → corporations → financial markets → financial services →
responsibleTo	Treasurer of Australia →
shortName	ASIC →
worksAlongside	Australian Competition and Consumer Commission → Australian Prudential Regulation Authority → Reserve Bank of Australia →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Australian Securities and Investments Commission →	abbreviation
Australian Securities and Investments Commission →	shortName