Investor protection
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Binance Australia fined $6.9m for client onboarding failures
Binance has accepted exposing 524 retail investors to high-risk crypto products by misclassifying them as wholesale clients. The company had already compensated those clients in 2023.
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Inside the SEC’s closing debate of 2025
The SEC’s final Investor Advisory Committee meeting of the year offered an unusually clear window into the philosophical divides shaping American securities regulation.
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Cross-border legal implications of recent rulings in the Credit Suisse AT1 bond saga
The US and Swiss decisions raise international considerations for investor protection, regulatory power in bank rescues, cross-border jurisdiction, and the hierarchy of claims in bank resolution cases.
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Private capital’s balance: Uyeda on valuation, access, and oversight
In remarks at SIFMA’s Private Markets Valuation Roundtable, SEC Commissioner Mark T Uyeda argued that private and public markets are mutually reinforcing, not rivals.
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Key regulatory considerations for crypto advertising
A comparison of cryptoasset advertising regulation in the EU and the UK.
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SEC to focus on navigating risk, reform, and retail protection in 2026
SEC targets protection of retail investors amid rising complexity in crypto, private markets, and foreign-linked disclosures.
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SEC roundtable discusses executive comp disclosure requirements
At the event, speakers addressed the complexity and cost of regulations, plus the significance of disclosure to investor protection.
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ASIC roundup: Charges in Telegram pump and dump group, and permanent ban
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission’s latest actions and news, June 9 – 13, 2025.