Australian Securities and Investments Commission

Treasury portfolio

Verified figures

• Contracts (all years): 4,898
• Contract value (all years): 1,607,799,740 AUD
• Contract value (2026): 123,354,296 AUD
• APS headcount: 1,765
• Budget 2026-27: 1,053,667 thousand AUD
• Highest total remuneration: 855,364 AUD
• Directory roles: 3

Figures use publishable matches only (alias, abn, exact, case, punct, trading_name, wide_exact). Retrieved 2026-09-01.

Coverage — named in the headline (40)

• 2026-08-26 — Peak accounting body wants ASIC to register firms as auditors
• 2026-08-11 — ASIC announces enforcement wins, warns late lodgers
• 2026-08-06 — ASIC alleges major audit failures in First Guardian case
• 2026-07-24 — ASIC warns auditors of tougher enforcement
• 2026-07-16 — APRA and ASIC get treasurer’s riding instructions
• 2026-07-05 — Treasury paper suggests ASIC beef up audit surveillance
• 2026-06-01 — ASIC probes KPMG document-sharing saga
• 2026-05-19 — ASIC continues crackdown on auditors’ annual statements
• 2026-05-01 — ASIC to raise exam cheating with Big Four firms
• 2026-04-23 — Treasury and ASIC seeking views
• 2026-04-10 — ASIC scores listed defence, space supplier scalp over disclosure breaches
• 2026-03-25 — ASIC to educate on sustainability disclosure compliance, commissioner Court says
• 2026-03-18 — ASIC streamlines decision-making intelligence
• 2026-02-02 — Incoming ASIC chair brings ‘deep’ litigation experience
• 2025-12-16 — ASIC hits private companies with fines in lodgement crackdown
• 2025-12-07 — ANAO gives ASIC homework on audit regulation
• 2025-10-16 — Auditors warned of ASIC’s independence deep dive more than a year ago
• 2025-10-08 — ASIC’s beefing up of its audit regulation enhances fear factor
• 2025-10-07 — Auditors fall short of compliance with independence rules, ASIC report finds
• 2025-10-01 — ASIC flags audit concerns about super funds’ biggest players
• 2025-09-25 — Movers & Shakers: Mills takes tax board chair, Longo departs ASIC
• 2025-09-23 — ASIC pings Bell on consolidation accounting
• 2025-09-22 — Longo set to pull stumps from ASIC next year
• 2025-09-18 — Movers & Shakers: ASIC names market disciplinary panel
• 2025-09-18 — Revised auditor guidance on reporting suspicious things to ASIC
• 2025-08-06 — Correction regarding ASIC v Open4Sale Global Ltd
• 2025-07-04 — ASIC nabs another auditing scalp just on year-end
• 2025-06-29 — ASIC scores three key audit wins in a fortnight
• 2025-06-16 — ASX system failures result in ASIC probe
• 2025-05-19 — ASIC to bump up auditor reviews following scrutiny
• 2025-04-15 — Decline in auditors requires ASIC to change approach, says CPA
• 2025-03-12 — ASIC launches consultative group to simplify regulation
• 2025-03-12 — Auditor sets deadline for ASIC feedback
• 2024-10-23 — Financial services providers targeted and fewer auditors pinged: ASIC
• 2024-09-13 — NACC ‘clears the air’ around former ASIC boss
• 2024-07-09 — ASIC report could have offered so much more
• 2024-07-04 — ASIC can’t meet its mandate, inquiry finds
• 2024-06-16 — ASIC set to strengthen its cyber arm
• 2024-06-04 — Longo concedes ASIC culture needs work
• 2024-04-25 — KPMG not in ASIC’s sights over Paladin saga

Passing mentions (10 shown)

Mentioned in the text but not the headline, so often not about this agency.

• 2026-08-27 — Forget splitting Big Four firms in half, Samuel says
• 2026-08-21 — KPMG blames auditing rule change for reassessment of whistleblower contract
• 2026-08-20 — Bust up the Big Four to end conflicts of interest, think tank says
• 2026-08-19 — Regulators retool for superannuation cleanup
• 2026-08-16 — More fear needed in accounting regulation, banking director says
• 2026-08-14 — Auditor expresses concern about underreporting of NSW consulting costs
• 2026-08-13 — APS pay data is a goldmine but also a minefield
• 2026-08-10 — ‘I was wrong’: KPMG chair apologises to senator
• 2026-08-06 — Corporate regulator turns teacher for small business
• 2026-08-02 — Treasury flags $780 million compliance cost reduction

Names over time

What each source called this agency, and in which years. Taken from the sources themselves, not from a register of establishment dates — those are not published.

⚠️ This agency has not always carried its current name. Figures in the earlier years were reported as ASIC (2010-11 to 2022-23); Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) (2022-23 to 2023-24); Australian Securities and Investments Commission (NC) (2019-20 to 2020-21). They are shown here because the series is continuous, not because the agency is.

Payments to organisations — as reported by the agency

Largest recipients across all reported years

From the expenditure disclosures in each annual report — a separate source from the AusTender contract figures above, and not directly comparable with them.

Workforce profile — as at 2019-06-30

APSC APS Employment Data, counting this agency including any bodies beneath it. Headcount, not FTE — the APSED release does not publish FTE.

Year by year

An empty cell means no publishable row for that year — unknown, not nil. Never read a blank as a fall to zero. ⚠️ This agency has not always carried its current name. Figures in the earlier years were reported as ASIC (2010-11 to 2022-23); Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) (2022-23 to 2023-24); Australian Securities and Investments Commission (NC) (2019-20 to 2020-21). They are shown here because the series is continuous, not because the agency is.

Sources — annual reports

Each link opens transparency.gov.au — the published source the figures were read from. The label names the table to look for.

Notes