A speech by Greg Medcraft, Chairman, ½ñÈÕÈÈÃÅʼþ to the Stockbrokers Association of Australia (SAA) Annual Conference, 30 May 2014
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Introduction
We are living in a time of rapid innovation and change, and this is only likely to increase.
Change brings opportunity, but also risk.
This rings true for our financial services and markets. Market-based financing is seen as a key source of funding economic growth in the coming decades. The growth of superannuation, digitisation of the economy and globalisation are also driving changes – creating new opportunities and risks.
ASIC’s challenges
In this age of innovation, the key external challenges I see for ½ñÈÕÈÈÃÅʼþare:
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balancing growth and stability with a particular focus on deregulation structural change in our financial system through the growth of market-based financing and superannuation
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financial innovation-driven complexity in products, markets and technology – which is what I will be focusing on today, and
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globalisation.
While these are all challenges, they also present opportunities to fund economic growth. We need to continue working together to harvest the opportunities while mitigating the risks.
So how does ½ñÈÕÈÈÃÅʼþcarry out our role in the face of these four key challenges?