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What we do

ASIC is Australia's integrated corporate, markets, financial services and consumer credit regulator.

Our vision and strategic priorities

Vision

A fair, strong and efficient financial system for all Australians.

To realise our vision we will use all our regulatory tools to:

  • change behaviours to drive good consumer and investor outcomes
  • act against misconduct to maintain trust and integrity in the financial system
  • promote strong and innovative development of the financial system
  • help Australians to be in control of their financial lives.

Strategic priorities

We are focused on addressing the most significant threats and harms in our regulatory environment and bolstering our capabilities to achieve this.

In 2025-26, our work will be guided by a set of strategic priorities and core strategic projects. For more detail on how we deliver on our strategic priorities, refer to ASIC’s Corporate Plan.

Our strategic priorities target the most significant threats and harms in our regulatory environment. We will explore the use of all of our regulatory tools to deliver on these priorities. This includes taking enforcement action, where warranted.

ASIC's priorities at a glance

Strategic priorities and focus areas - text version below

ASIC's priorities at a glance - text version

Strategic priorities and focus areas

  1. Improve consumer outcomes
    • Credit and financial hardship
    • Dispute resolution
    • Scams
    • Insurance
    • Trusted financial education through ASIC’s Moneysmart
  1. Strengthen market disclosure and professional conduct
    • Financial reporting
    • Climate reporting
    • Auditors
    • Director conduct
  1. Support better retirement outcomes and member services
    • Superannuation member services
    • Retirement outcomes
    • Exploitation of superannuation savings
  1. Strengthen operational digital and data resilience and safety
    • Stress events, geopolitical risks, and crisis preparedness
    • ASX critical infrastructure
    • Cyber resilience
    • Use of artificial intelligence
  1. Drive integrity and transparency across markets
    • Cleanliness, access, and participation in our public markets
    • Changing risks in our private markets
    • Tokenisation and supporting transition to digital asset reforms

Improving operational capabilities

  • Investing in our use of data and digital technology to become a leading digitally enabled and data-informed regulator
  • Recruiting, developing and retaining talent to enhance our culture, capabilities and capacity
  • Stabilising and uplifting the ASIC business registers

Simpler and better regulation