Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) Reports 9,686 Misconduct Reports in 2025 2H, Top 2 Misconducts are 1) Financial & Retail Investor Issues 44% & 2) Corporate Governance Issues 40%
25th February 2026 | Hong Kong
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has reported 9,686 misconduct reports in 2025 2nd half. The top 2 misconducts are 1) Financial & retail investor issues 44% & 2) Corporate governance issues 40%. Announcement (25/2/26): “New ASIC data released today shows an increase in reports of misconduct (ROMs), driven largely by corporate governance concerns, including failures to provide company records, insolvency matters and shareholder issues. Between 1 July and 31 December 2025, ASIC received 9,686 ROMs, raising 13,036 issues. Corporate governance matters accounted for 40% of these issues, with financial services and retail investor issues totalling 44%. ASIC has a number of active investigations into governance failures and directors’ duties. Data also showed a 28% increase in ROMs compared with January to June 2025, partly reflecting ASIC’s uplifted website in June, making it easier to lodge reports of misconduct with ASIC. The Deputy Chair said ASIC continues to welcome reports and tip-offs from the public. The half-yearly report is available on the Reports of misconduct data webpage. ASIC today also released its six-monthly Enforcement and Regulatory update, which highlighted $349.8 million in civil penalties imposed by courts and hundreds of millions of dollars delivered back to Australians as part of investigation and remediation work.”
“ Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) Reports 9,686 Misconduct Reports in 2025 2H, Top 2 Misconducts are 1) Financial & Retail Investor Issues 44% & 2) Corporate Governance Issues 40% “
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More information
- Reports of misconduct data
- Report 829 ASIC enforcement and regulatory update: July to December 2025
- Summary of enforcement outcomes
Background
- Corporate governance matters accounted for 5,217 of issues raised, up from 3,819 in the previous period. These included governance concerns (35% of category), failures to provide records to liquidators on company activities (19%), fraud allegations (11%), insolvency issues (9%) and reports relating to registered liquidator conduct (5%).
- More than 5,700 issues related to financial services and retail investor matters.
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) Reports 9,686 Misconduct Reports in 2025 2H, Top 2 Misconducts are 1) Financial & Retail Investor Issues 44% & 2) Corporate Governance Issues 40%
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