ASX is a multi-asset class, vertically integrated exchange group, and one of the world's top-10 listed exchange groups measured by market capitalisation.
ASX's activities span primary and secondary market services, central counterparty risk transfer, and securities settlement for both the equities and fixed income markets. It functions as a market operator, clearing house and payments system facilitator. It monitors and enforces compliance with its operating rules, promotes standards of corporate governance among Australia's listed companies and helps to educate retail investors.
ASX's diverse domestic and international customer base includes issuers of securities and financial products, investment and trading banks, fund managers, hedge funds, commodity trading advisers, brokers and proprietary traders, market data vendors and retail investors.
By providing its systems, processes and services reliably and fairly, ASX generates confidence in the markets that depend on its infrastructure. This is integral to ASX's long-term commercial success.
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29 Mar 2012 - ASX Limited (ASX:ASX) director David Gonski resigns and replaced by Roderic Holliday-Smith.
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17 Feb 2012 - ASX Limited (ASX:ASX), the operator of Australia’s main stock exchange, has reported a 2.9 per cent rise in half-year profits, but expects market conditions to remain…
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25 Nov 2011 - Aus shares set for flat start. The October 27 technology crash of the Australian Securities Exchange, operated by ASX Ltd (ASX:ASX) was caused by a sequence of networ…
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08 Nov 2011 - Aus shares set for cautious start. ASX Ltd's (ASX:ASX) rival trading platform Chi-X is granted approval to start trading the top 200 companies.
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01 Nov 2011 - After the outage that outraged investors for almost four hours last week at the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX Limited, ASX:ASX), the cause has been revealed.
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31 Oct 2011 - ASX Ltd (ASX:ASX) will today lose its monopoly in Australia when rival trading platform Chi-X opens for trading.
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28 Oct 2011 - Aus shares set to rise. Qantas Airways Ltd (ASX:QAN) chief executive Alan Joyce apologises for delays expected today as hundreds of workers strike over pay.
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27 Oct 2011 - Aus shares up after shutdown. Australian stock exchange operator ASX Ltd (ASX:ASX) halted trading shortly after the 10am open, following a “technical issue”.
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17 Oct 2011 - Optimism lifts Aus shares. Shares in Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (ASX:FMG) gain after the miner says it shipped 20.6 per cent more iron ore in the September quarter.
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12 Oct 2011 - ASX Ltd's (ASX:ASX) trading platform rival, Chi-X, plans to undercut ASX's standard trading fee by around 40 per cent.
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07 Oct 2011 - The Joint Ore Reserves Committee, an independent body responsible for advising the operator of the Australian Securities Exchange, ASX Ltd (ASX:ASX) on reporting stan…
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05 Oct 2011 - Aus shares up 1.4%. Charter Hall Office Real Estate Investment Trust Limited (ASX:CQO) has had its cash offer increasesd by a consortium led by Macquarie Group Limite…
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29 Sep 2011 - Europe uncertainty takes toll. Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (ASX:FMG) chairman Andrew Forrest convinces the High Court to hear his appeal against a deceptive and mislea…
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23 Sep 2011 - The ASX Ltd (ASX:ASX) chairman says the company is ready for rival operator Chi-X.
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Investment advisor Gary Glover takes a technical look at S&P/ASX200, S&P/ASX500, All Ords, Dow Jones, ASX, COH, MQG, CSL, CPU, SWM.
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Investment advisor James Gerrish takes a technical look at S&P/ASX 200, Dow Jones, HUN, HAR, ASX, OST, MTU.
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Investment advisor Gary Glover takes a technical look at S&P/ASX200, All Ords, Dow Jones, Gold, COH, LEI, ASX, MQG.
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08 Sep 2011 - In the wake of the new Chi-X stock exchange entering the Australian scene fears emerge that the cost of trading shares could double.
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29 Aug 2011 - Aus shares poised for higher start. Gunns Limited (ASX:GNS) in a trading halt pending the announcement of a decision from the Tasmanian government to determine whethe…
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26 Aug 2011 - ASX Ltd (ASX:ASX) announces Elmer Funke Kupper will be its next chief executive, replacing Robert Elstone in October.
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18 Aug 2011 - Aus shares drop. Wesfarmers Ltd (ASX:WES) posts a lift in profits despite difficult conditions because of natural disasters and poor consumer confidence.
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18 Aug 2011 - ASX Ltd (ASX:ASX) posts net profit for the full year to June 30 of $352 million, that's more than a 7 per cent rise on the previous corresponding period.
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18 Aug 2011 - AMP Limited (ASX:AMP) has posted net profit of $329 million for the six months to June, an 18 per cent drop compared with the year before.
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12 Aug 2011 - Chi-X's rival ASX Limited (ASX:ASX) plans to move its data centre in late November, potentially interfering with the launch of the new stockmarket operator.
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Investment advisor James Gerrish takes a technical look at Dow Jones, S&P/ ASX 200, Commodity Index, ASX, BSL, IPL, KCN, NCM, MQA, NWH, PDN.