Crypto spruikers, social media finfluencers and fake green funds are in the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s sights, as the corporate regulator promises to prosecute misconduct and lists its top enforcement priorities in a rare disclosure.

Deputy chairwoman and top enforcer Sarah Court rejected the perception that the regulator had gone “soft” just because it no longer used the phrase “why not litigate?” preferred by its previous leadership and popularised by the Hayne royal commission.