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2025 AFIA Risk Summit
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The AFIA Risk Summit is focused on connecting members with industry peers, regulators, and subject-matter experts to address and explore the new, priority and emerging legal, risk and compliance issues facing the industry in 2025.
GRC Solutions Responsible Manager Workshops - Melbourne
Thursday, 24 July 2025
Deepen your expertise and earn CPD hours with GRC Solutions' in-depth workshops covering Responsible Manager obligations for both AFSL and ACL licensees. In these sessions you will:
Gain a comprehensive understanding of essential Responsible Manager duties.
Explore ASIC's current focus areas and emerging compliance priorities.
Develop practical strategies for effective interaction with ASIC and demonstrate ongoing compliance through accruing CPD hours.
Network and learn from the collective experience of fellow attendees.
Ashurst - Understanding the Conduct Regulator - Part 3
Webinar
Ashurst's market-leading legal and regulatory experts return in 2025 to deliver a four-part series and help members better understand emerging issues in the regulatory landscape, how regulators like the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) respond and what members can expect as a result. The series will explore the regulatory toolkit in the current environment, including enforcement and supervision, and delve into key regulatory priorities in the financial services industry, like governance and accountability, financial hardship and scams management.
AFIA CRO Forum - SYD
Face to Face Event
The CRO Forum is an invite-only event, designed to bring together AFIA’s cohort of senior risk executives to gather views and thoughts on the latest industry issues, trends and emerging risks, and explore forward-looking risk strategies.
This session will explore the evolving governance landscape around data and artificial intelligence (AI) in Australian financial services. With rapid adoption of AI models and increased regulatory scrutiny, financial institutions must ensure the responsible, ethical, and secure use of data and AI technologies. The session will examine regulatory expectations, operational challenges, and practical frameworks to ensure compliance and trust.
AFSA Update: Navigating Personal Insolvency, Credit Systems & Industry Shifts
Join us for an exclusive webinar featuring senior representatives from the Australian Financial Security Authority (AFSA), providing timely insights into key developments shaping personal insolvency and credit systems in Australia.
This session will explore:
Recent changes to personal insolvency and their impacts on credit systems.
Shifting consumer behaviours and what they mean for finance providers.
The evolving credit risk landscape and how regulators are responding.
Current trends and emerging themes in the personal insolvency environment
2025 AFIA Conference
📅 Save the Date: AFIA Conference 2025 - Be part of the conversation shaping the future of Australian financial services.
The AFIA Conference 2025 is the must-attend event for leaders across the finance Australian industry. Bringing together executives, policymakers, and innovators from Australia’s top financial brands, this is your opportunity to help shape the direction of our industry — now and into the future.
AFIA CRO Forum - MELB
Face to Face Event
The CRO Forum is an invite-only event, designed to bring together AFIA’s cohort of senior risk executives to gather views and thoughts on the latest industry issues, trends and emerging risks, and explore forward-looking risk strategies.
The CRO Forum series is held in partnership with Risk Advisory Partner and Associate Member, Ashurst. As an international leader in cyber risk, data breach and crisis management support, Ashurst will offer insights into emerging risk issues and how financial institutions can protect themselves.
Ashurst - Understanding the Conduct Regulator - Part 4
Webinar
Ashurst's market-leading legal and regulatory experts return in 2025 to deliver a four-part series and help members better understand emerging issues in the regulatory landscape, how regulators like the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) respond and what members can expect as a result. The series will explore the regulatory toolkit in the current environment, including enforcement and supervision, and delve into key regulatory priorities in the financial services industry, like governance and accountability, financial hardship and scams management.
ACCC Scamwatch Update
On-demand webinar
Join us for a critical industry update with experts from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and Scamwatch, Australia’s national platform for scam reporting and awareness.
You can watch the webinar here.
Strengthening Australia's Cyber Resilience – Insights from the ASD
On-demand webinar
This exclusive webinar features an expert speaker from the Australian Signals Directorate, Australia's leading authority on national cybersecurity, to explore cybersecurity trends and statistics impacting Australian organisations, as well as threat predictions for 2025 and beyond.
You can watch the webinar here.
GenAI in Action: Where are the Opportunities?
To explore the evolving impact of GenAI in Australia and unlock the untapped opportunities for financial firms in 2025, AFIA in partnership with Associate Member King & Wood Mallesons (KWM), is hosting an exclusive drinks briefing: GenAI in Action - Where Are the Opportunities?
Attendees will hear from:
KWM and Sapere as they discuss the key findings from AFIA’s newly released report: The Impact of AI in the Finance Industry, exploring the competitive advantage that awaits those yet to adopt Gen AI not just as a tool, but as a core strategic asset.
Will Liang, a leading expert in data and AI, who will deliver a highly engaging session that will go beyond buzzwords - unpacking insights on the practical AI tools driving tangible results across the industry.
AFIA CRO Forum - MELB
Face to Face Event
The CRO Forum is an invite-only event, designed to bring together AFIA’s cohort of senior risk executives to gather views and thoughts on the latest industry issues, trends and emerging risks, and explore forward-looking risk strategies.
The CRO Forum series is held in partnership with Risk Advisory Partner and Associate Member, Ashurst. As an international leader in cyber risk, data breach and crisis management support, Ashurst will offer insights into emerging risk issues and how financial institutions can protect themselves.
Economic insights with Warren Hogan
Join us for an exclusive webinar featuring Warren Hogan, Managing Director of EQ Economics and Economic Advisor at Judo Bank, as he provides a comprehensive analysis of Australia’s economic outlook in the context of both domestic and international factors.
With his expertise in economic, market, and industry analysis and forecasting, Warren will break down the key trends shaping the Australian economy and discuss the implications for Australian lenders.
Equifax Q1 2025 Commercial Credit Insights
This webinar will explore Equifax's Q1 2025 Commercial Credit Insights report and the significant enhancements to their Commercial Risk scoring models.
Learn about key trends in credit demand, quality, insolvency, and defaults, plus how the enhanced Commercial Scores can boost your risk assessment with:
10% uplift in risk-ranking capability (GINI coefficient at portfolio level).
30% increased score coverage for loan applications.
New "Pre-Phoenix Flag" for early risk detection.
Enhanced firmographic data for deeper business insights.
Executive Exchange - BNE
AFIA’s leadership luncheons are invite-only lunch briefings held exclusively for executives across the Australian financial services landscape.
Bringing together 20 influential business leaders operating within specific industry sectors or job functions, our leadership luncheons offer a platform to connect with industry peers, share learnings and experiences, explore new thinking, and hear actionable insights from subject-matter experts.
Executive Exchange - SYD
CEO Lunch
AFIA’s leadership luncheons are invite-only lunch briefings held exclusively for executives across the Australian financial services landscape.
Bringing together 20 influential business leaders operating within specific industry sectors or job functions, our leadership luncheons offer a platform to connect with industry peers, share learnings and experiences, explore new thinking, and hear actionable insights from subject-matter experts.
The Impact of AI on the Australian Finance Industry
To provide members with an exclusive deep dive into the impact of adoption of GenAI in financial services, Associate Member, King & Wood Mallesons is hosting a webinar on the impact of GenAI on the Australian finance industry.
As subject-matter experts in AI compliance, legislation and law, King & Wood Mallesons’s speakers will offer insights into emerging opportunities and risk issues associated with GenAI and how financial institutions can protect themselves.
Ashurst - Understanding the Conduct Regulator - Part 2
Webinar
ASIC is currently conducting a review into the motor vehicle finance sector with the aim to drive better consumer outcomes, particularly for those living in regional and remote locations, including First Nations communities.
In the UK, the Supreme Court recently concluded its hearing on motor finance commissions, and consumer outcomes are being addressed by the Financial Conduct Authority's enforcement of the Consumer Duty and the UK Competition and Markets Authority's new direct consumer enforcement powers.
Throughout this session, Ashurst's legal and regulatory specialists in Australia and the UK will cover ASIC's approach, share lessons from the UK, including predictions for the UK Supreme Court's pending judgment, and provide insights on other current developments in the UK market and how these might influence the Australian regulatory landscape.
AUSTRAC - Talking Financial Crime
OnDemand Webinar
Tune in to this OnDemand webinar for targeted insights into the money laundering, terrorism financing and proliferation financing risks facing financial services firms in 2025. This knowledge is crucial to ensure you have the appropriate systems and controls in place to protect your business and customers.
CreditorWatch - Business Risk Index Insights
Tune into this webinar to hear CreditorWatch CEO, Patrick Coghaln provide valuable insight on CreditorWatch’s latest Business Risk Index results and what it means for the industry.
Executive Exchange - MEL
CEO Lunch
AFIA’s leadership luncheons are invite-only lunch briefings held exclusively for executives across the Australian financial services landscape.
Bringing together 20 influential business leaders operating within specific industry sectors or job functions, our leadership luncheons offer a platform to connect with industry peers, share learnings and experiences, explore new thinking, and hear actionable insights from subject-matter experts.
Beyond Roads: The Future of Mobility Summit
Face to Face Event
Beyond Roads: The Future of Mobility Summit is a pivotal platform for Australia’s leading executives, subject-matter experts and decision-makers in the car rental, motor finance and leasing sectors to come together to redefine the future of mobility.
Non-Bank Lenders CEO Roundtable
CEO Lunch
The AFIA Non-Bank Lenders Lunch brings together over 20 influential executives across the Australian non-bank lender sector to connect, explore new thinking, share learnings and experiences, and discuss industry-level strategy going forward.
AFCA - Working with Industry & Consumers
Webinar
The first 2025 instalment of the AFCA webinar series: Working with Industry and Consumers will give members a chance to hear directly from the complaints authority to understand recent developments, trends, and challenges facing financial services in 2025.
AFIA CRO Forum
Invite-only event
The CRO Forum is designed to bring together our cohort of senior risk executives to gather views and thoughts on the latest industry issues, trends and emerging risks, and discuss how, as an industry, we can shape compliance agendas and identify areas of challenge.
ASIC - Conversation with the Regulator
Webinar
Tune in to hear ASIC's Senior Executive Leader - Credit, Banking and General Insurance, Nathan Bourne and AFIA Executive Director of Policy & Public Affairs, Roza Lozusic explore the evolving landscape of regulatory compliance and strategic response.
ASIC Reportable Situations Regime
On 5 December 2025, ASIC released the findings from its review of the Reportable Situations Regime. The publication provides high-level insights into breach reporting trends in reports lodged by financial services and credit licensees from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.
Mandatory Climate Reporting – Are you Ready?
OnDemand to be released on 12 February 2025
From 1 January 2025, many financial institutions will need to prepare annual statutory sustainability reports containing climate-related financial disclosures.
On 7 November 2024, ASIC released a draft regulatory guide on the sustainability reporting regime - Draft RG 000.
SEC Newgate - Mood of the Nation
OnDemand
Tune in to this webinar to hear SEC Newgate deliver an in-depth political briefing ahead of the federal election.
Offering a comprehensive analysis of the political landscape informed by their latest Mood of the Nation Report - SEC Newgate will provide valuable insights into the key challenges facing Australia, including cost of living, housing, energy, and the broader economic outlook.
Ashurst - Understanding the Conduct Regulator
Webinar
Ashurst's market-leading legal and regulatory experts return in 2025 to deliver a four-part series and help members better understand emerging issues in the regulatory landscape, how regulators like the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) respond and what members can expect as a result. The series will explore the regulatory toolkit in the current environment, including enforcement and supervision, and delve into key regulatory priorities in the financial services industry, like governance and accountability, financial hardship and scams management.
Register to get a glimpse into the regulatory mindset and understand topical issues to best prepare and position your business in a changing context.
CreditorWatch Business Risk Index
Tune in to hear CreditorWatch CEO, Patrick Coghlan, discuss the upcoming monthly Business Risk Index, a comprehensive analysis of current business conditions.
Hear CreditWatch's insights on:
What the latest indicators show for business conditions across 2025 with an overview of potential challenges and opportunities
Trends in insolvency and Australia's economic position, and the impacts of these on future business strategies.
Unfair Contract Terms: 1Year On
Almost one year after the implementation of amendments addressing unfair contract terms, it is crucial to review the impact of these laws.
Join us as we explore the legal framework established to protect consumers and businesses from unjust contractual provisions.
Key discussion points:
Overview of the legal framework for unfair contract terms
The impact of these amendments and the ongoing commitment required to comply
Notable enforcement action
Practical tips for compliance and risk management with case study examples.
This webinar is an opportunity to hear from De Michele Legal’s Legal Practitioner Director, Peta De Michele as she provides her expertise and thoughts on Unfair Contract Terms Law.
Privacy Act Changes
Australia is set to announce significant changes to Privacy Act as part of ongoing privacy reforms aimed at enhancing online safety.
On 12 September 2024, the Federal Government introduced the Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 into the House of Representatives.
The Bill implements a first tranche of agreed recommendations from the Privacy Act Review, including:
a new statutory ‘privacy tort’
development of a Children's Online Privacy Code to better protect children from a range of online harms, supported by an additional $3 million over three years to the OAIC for it to develop this important Code
greater transparency for individuals regarding automated decisions that affect them
streamlined information sharing in the case of an emergency or eligible data breach, while ensuring that information is appropriately protected; and
stronger enforcement powers for the Australian Information Commissioner.
Members can register here.
Navigating Australia's AML/CTF Reforms
Join Richard Lee, Executive Director – Financial Crime KordaMentha for an essential discussion on the traps and shortcomings businesses often encounter in their Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF) compliance. This webinar will also discuss the proposed changes to Australia's AML/CTF regime, as outlined in the Attorney-Generals Departments’ second stage of consultation on reforming the regime.
We will explore the common pitfalls businesses face in meeting regulatory expectations, and provide practical advice on how to navigate these challenges effectively. We will discuss examples and case studies to illustrate these points, followed by a Q&A session where you can engage directly with industry leaders.
This session is a must for professionals in compliance and risk management who want to stay informed about the latest regulatory changes and ensure their businesses remain compliant with AML/CTF regulations.
Affordability in Insurance
Home insurance affordability pressures have continued to rise in the year to March 2024 for almost all Australian Households, with increases in home insurance premiums continuing to outpace household income growth. These home insurance premium increases are primarily a consequence of increased reinsurance costs dung 2023, driven by rising costs of perils.
In a recent report for the Actuaries Institute, Finity Principal, Sharanjit Paddam estimated that nearly one in eight households in Australia face unaffordable home insurance, noting that insurance premiums will rise as we continue to experience climate impacts.
In this webinar, Sharanjit will discuss what is driving this change in premiums, and the implications for lenders, who rely on customers to transfer weather risks to insurers. Attendees will also hear the potential options for banks to assess and manage these risks and to support their customers.
Financial Reporting on climate-related commitments
Australia is following many other jurisdictions in progressing with the introduction of ISSB-aligned mandatory sustainability disclosure standards with a focus initially on climate-related disclosure.
On 27 March 2024, the Australian Government introduced a Bill which (if enacted) would establish the framework for a new, internationally aligned, mandatory climate disclosure reporting regime in Australia. The Bill confirms that entities that are required to prepare and lodge annual financial reports under the Corporations Act will be required to also prepare a "sustainability report" in accordance with sustainability standards made by the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB).
These changes should be a key trigger for members to get ready to report; for those already reporting, they should prepare to assess their level of alignment with the new sustainability standards.
This webinar is an opportunity to hear from the AASB’s Research Director Dr Eric Lee on the new sustainability standards. Dr Lee will be joined by Dr Claire Horner, CSIRO’s Environmental Accountant and Allen’s Head of Climate Change, Jillian Button, for a panel discussion on the upcoming changes and practical implications for AFIA members falling under the reporting regime.
ASIC - Conversation with the Regulator
To ensure members are up to date with ASIC’s regulatory focus areas and financial services related developments, we will be hosting another instalment of our webinar series ‘ASIC – The Regulator’s Role in Our Economic Recovery’.
Tune in to hear AFIA CEO, Diane Tate, and ASIC's Senior Executive Leader - Credit, Banking and General Insurance, Dr Rhys Bollen, answer some of the critical questions in the minds of senior executives as well as legal, risk and compliance experts across the industry.
Diane and Rhys will deep dive into updates on ASIC’s engagement with members and upcoming consultations, as well as upcoming developments in the regulator’s use of new regulatory tools and government reforms work.