On 30 June 2026, ASIC convened a Financial Markets and Innovation roundtable (Roundtable) with thirty-two industry, academic and public sector participants. The discussion focused on how to keep Australia’s capital markets efficient, resilient and globally competitive while supporting innovation with appropriate investor protections. The Roundtable formed part of ASIC’s broader work to advance Australia’s evolving capital markets and coincided with the publication of Report 835 Innovation in Financial Markets and Financial Market Infrastructure.
Some participants highlighted Australia's strengths, including trusted institutions, sophisticated investors and deep pools of capital, but warned that Australia risks global marginalisation unless it keeps pace with market developments. Many urged prioritising innovation that solves practical problems, boosts productivity and strengthens foundations for capital formation, liquidity, collateral mobility and global connectivity in an era of major global capital raising and AI-enablement.
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