Mr Longo, who worked in senior legal positions at Deutsche Bank for 17 years before joining Herbert Smith Freehills in 2017, will replace current chairwho has been mired in a controversy after the Auditor-General raised concerns about his expenses.
Joe Longo was at regulatory challenged Deutsche Bank for 17 years including as its General Counsel, UK and EMEA.The federal government announced on Thursday it would introduce legislation to create a new body, the Financial Regulator Assessment Authority , to oversee the performance of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority.
The government also said it would be issuing a new Statement of Expectations to guide ASIC in its new focus on helping the economic recovery. The changes to ASIC’s oversight comes amid concerns the regulator had become too focused on changing policy. ASIC has also been hit hard by infighting sparked by an auditor-general’s report into the expenses claimed by Mr Shipton and former deputy chair Daniel Crennan, QC. Both men were cleared of any wrongdoing, according to the government. Mr Crennan left the regulator last year and Mr Shipton is expected to leave shortly.Sarah Court, deputy chair of the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission, will replace Mr Crennan as deputy chair.