Design and distribution obligations and product intervention power
As part of the Government’s response to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI), Improving Australia’s Financial System 2015, the Government accepted the FSI’s recommendations to introduce:
- design and distribution obligations for financial products to ensure that products are targeted at the right people (FSI recommendation 21); and
- a temporary product intervention power for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission when there is a risk of significant consumer detriment (FSI recommendation 22).
This paper seeks feedback on the implementation of these measures.
Closing date for submissions: Wednesday, 15 March 2017
Source: The Commonwealth of Australia