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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by Adrian Tan -
A month ago
27 Nov 2024 - The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX:ASX) has unveiled a $445m budget for its revised attempt to replace the Clearing House Electronic Subregister System (CHESS), …
Company News /
by Adrian Tan -
2 months ago
15 Nov 2024 - ASX (ASX:ASX) filed its defence today in relation to proceedings initiated by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
Stock Watch /
by Chris Pedersen -
A year ago
29 Nov 2023 - Fund Manager Chris Pedersen discusses markets leading up to the new year, Brambles, Wesfarmers and ASX.
Company News /
by Glenn Dyer -
A year ago
07 Jun 2023 - A big day for the ASX Ltd (ASX:ASX) , the company that controls the country’s main stock and futures markets.
Company News /
by Glenn Dyer -
A year ago
30 Mar 2023 - Corporate regulator ASIC is investigating sharemarket operator ASX Ltd for potential breaches of continuous disclosure, business judgement and misleading, false and d…
Market Reports /
by Melissa Darmawan -
2 years ago
29 Jun 2022 - The rout in Australian shares have continued to deepen in a broad-based sell-off led by interest rate sensitive sectors, including listed property and information tec…
Market Reports /
by Melissa Darmawan -
2 years ago
02 Jun 2022 - The Australian sharemarket closed at session lows, nearly wiping off all this week's gains. Investors continued to sell out of treasuries, and equities on expectation…
Market Reports /
by Melissa Darmawan -
2 years ago
02 Jun 2022 - Women in leadership took the spotlight after news of several executive leadership changes. Despite the ASX 200 falling to a four-day low, the spark of energy shares a…
Company News /
by Melissa Darmawan -
2 years ago
02 Jun 2022 - ASX (ASX:ASX) has named its first female managing director and chief executive officer Helen Lofthouse to start in August after seven years of tenure with the sharema…
Market Reports /
by Melissa Darmawan -
2 years ago
29 Apr 2022 - Global major indexes rally on strong earnings results, shrugging off US GDP data which showed a contraction and other geopolitical headwinds. Locally, production repo…
Market Reports /
by Melissa Darmawan -
2 years ago
07 Apr 2022 - Spooked investors booked their profits on fears of the impact from an aggressive interest rate hiking cycle after a weak lead from Wall St. Technology titans left the…
Market Reports /
by Melissa Darmawan -
2 years ago
07 Apr 2022 - Australia’s tech players continue to fall for its second straight day as uncertainties on unresolved headwinds with inflation, the path forward with interest rate hik…
Market Reports /
by Melissa Darmawan -
2 years ago
07 Apr 2022 - Global markets fell as hawkish comments from US Fed Vice Chair Lael Brainard kicked off the week with the minutes from the Fed providing more colour on the balance sh…
Market Reports /
by Lauren Evans -
2 years ago
23 Mar 2022 - Following Wall St’s lead, the ASX opened higher and has stayed in positive territory as technology takes the crown from materials. The local bourse continues to be vo…
Market Reports /
by Melissa Darmawan -
2 years ago
22 Feb 2022 - Reporting season continues to unleash on the local bourse as the technology sell-down deepens. Investors monitor uneasy headlines on Russia and Ukraine, shooting down…
Stock Watch /
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2 years ago
27 Jan 2022 - CEO Chris Pedersen looks at the major factors impacting markets including inflation worries, BHP Group (ASX:BHP) and ASX (ASX:ASX).
Market Reports /
by Lauren Evans -
3 years ago
14 Jan 2022 - The ASX has opened lower, dragged down by the technology and energy sectors with only utilities and communication services a touch higher, following Wall St's lead wi…
Market Reports /
by Lauren Evans -
3 years ago
26 Oct 2021 - The ASX flattened in the afternoon session with the tech sector doing much of the heavy lifting. At the closing bell, the S&P/ASX 200 was 0.03% or 2 points higher at …
Company News /
by Michael Luu -
3 years ago
26 May 2021 - Stock market administrator ASX (ASX:ASX) has announced the upcoming departure of deputy chief-executive Peter Hiom. The outbound second-in-command boss has decided to…
Market Reports /
by Katrina Bullock -
4 years ago
08 Jan 2021 - The Australian share market opened slightly lower despite positive leads from Wall Street. It has managed to regain some ground though and is trading 0.4 per cent hig…