Section 763ACorporations Act 2001 (Cth)

Meaning of financial product

(1) A financial product is a facility through which, or through the acquisition of which, a person does one or more of the following:

(a) makes a financial investment;

(b) manages financial risk;

(c) makes non‑cash payments.

This has effect subject to section 763E.

(2) A particular facility that is of a kind through which people commonly make financial investments, manage financial risks or make non‑cash payments is a financial product even if that facility is acquired by a particular person for some other purpose.

(3) A facility does not cease to be a financial product merely because:

(a) the facility has been acquired by a person other than the person to whom it was originally issued; and

(b) that person, in acquiring the product, was not making a financial investment or managing a financial risk.

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation at 17 May 2026. For the latest information on Australian Government law please go to https://www.legislation.gov.au. Verify the current text against the official source before relying on it.

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