ASIC Regulatory Guide 209 Credit Licensing: Responsible Lending Conduct (Australia) for Risk Managers
What does ASIC Regulatory Guide 209 Credit Licensing: Responsible Lending Conduct (Australia) require of a Risk Manager?
ASIC Regulatory Guide 209 (December 2019), the regulator's guidance on the responsible lending obligations of the National Consumer Credit Protection Act: how licensees scale their inquiries into a consumer's requirements, objectives and financial situation, verify income and expenses, use benchmarks such as the Household Expenditure Measure only as a check, respond to red flags, divide responsibility between lenders and brokers, assess whether a product is unsuitable because the consumer cannot repay without substantial hardship or because it does not meet their objectives, apply the credit card, small amount credit contract and reverse mortgage presumptions, handle refinancing and switching, give the written assessment on request, and keep records that show the obligations were met. Under ASIC Regulatory Guide 209 Credit Licensing: Responsible Lending Conduct (Australia), which defines 14 controls, a Risk Manager's work is deciding which controls you own outright, which you share and which belong to another team, then holding the evidence for the first group.
Which ASIC Regulatory Guide 209 Credit Licensing: Responsible Lending Conduct (Australia) controls land on the Risk Manager
Risk Managers identify, assess, and prioritise organisational risks. They build risk registers, conduct risk assessments, define risk appetite, and ensure that compliance frameworks address the most material threats to the organisation.
ASIC Regulatory Guide 209 Credit Licensing: Responsible Lending Conduct (Australia) defines 14 controls across 3 domains that directly affect the Risk Manager role. Understanding which controls fall within your ownership, which are shared, and which are owned by other teams is the foundation of effective compliance management.
What a Risk Manager is accountable for under ASIC Regulatory Guide 209 Credit Licensing: Responsible Lending Conduct (Australia)
Conducting enterprise risk assessments and maintaining the risk register
Defining risk appetite and tolerance levels with executive leadership
Mapping compliance controls to identified risks for coverage analysis
Monitoring key risk indicators (KRIs) and escalating emerging threats
Integrating compliance, operational, and strategic risk management
Where Risk Managers lose time on ASIC Regulatory Guide 209 Credit Licensing: Responsible Lending Conduct (Australia)
These are the most common obstacles Risk Managers face when managing ASIC Regulatory Guide 209 Credit Licensing: Responsible Lending Conduct (Australia) compliance, and how to address them:
Challenge 1
Quantifying cyber risk in financial terms that resonate with executives
Challenge 2
Identifying gaps between compliance control coverage and actual risk exposure
Challenge 3
Integrating risk data from siloed tools and departments
Challenge 4
Keeping risk assessments current as the threat landscape evolves
Challenge 5
Prioritising remediation when resources are limited
A working order for a Risk Manager starting on ASIC Regulatory Guide 209 Credit Licensing: Responsible Lending Conduct (Australia)
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4. Continuous Monitoring
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