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ASX blames outage on 'unprecedented' hardware failure

The Australian Securities Exchange (AS) has blamed an "unprecedented" hardware failure for problems on Monday that forced the bourse to open late and close early.

23 September 2016

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ASX shut down by hardware failure

The Australian Stock Exchange was forced to close early on Monday following a day of problems caused by a hardware failure in a database used by the bourse's equities trading system.

19 September 2016

Company announcement

Object Trading first vendor to conform to ASX’s New Trading Platform

Object Trading, a provider of global, multi-asset trading infrastructure, announced today that it is the first vendor providing market access to the ASX to have conformed to the upgraded ASX 24 (futures) New Trading Platform (NTP) from Cinnober, due to go live in early 2017.

15 September 2016

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Bitcoin and blockchain pose little risk to payments giants - Credit Suisse

Visa, MasterCard, WorldPay and others in the payments sector can relax: Bitcoin will remain a niche player and blockchain technology poses little risk, according to a new report from Credit Suisse, which has less comforting news for Swift.

05 August 2016

Company announcement

ASX appoints Dominic Stevens as MD and CEO

ASX Limited (ASX) announces that today the ASX Board has appointed Mr Dominic Stevens as its Managing Director and CEO (‘CEO’).

01 August 2016

Company announcement

ASX rolls out TT trading platform to Australian Liquidity Centre

The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), today announced that TT has launched its new high-performance, next-generation TT® trading platform in the Australian Liquidity Centre (ALC), Australia’s only data centre dedicated to the financial markets community.

29 July 2016

Company announcement

ASX chooses Metamako for real-time monitoring

Metamako, the leading specialist in deterministic network devices for the world’s financial institutions, announced today that it has secured as a client the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), one of the world’s leading financial market exchanges.

19 July 2016

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ASX lifts stake in Digital Asset Holdings

The Australian Securities Exchange is to lift its stake in blockchain startup Digital Asset Holdings, reinforcing its determination to press ahead with plans to develop a new post-trade platform based on distributed ledger technology.

22 June 2016

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Korea Exchange joins blockchain gold rush

The Korea Exchange is looking to use distributed ledger technology for a new OTC trading platform.

01 March 2016

Company announcement

ASX chooses Nasdaq for post-trade technology overhaul

Nasdaq (NDAQ) and Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) have announced that Nasdaq will replace ASX’s existing equities and equity options clearing technology platforms – a significant element of ASX’s technology transformation program outlined in February 2015.

29 February 2016

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ASX wavers over future of Chess platform as it begins work on blockchain settlement

The Australian Stock Exchange says it plans to hire more staff as it lays the groundwork for the introduction of of a new post-trade platform based on distributed ledger technology.

12 February 2016

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Financial industry giants join $50m Digital Asset Holdings funding round

Digital Asset Holdings, the blockchain startup helmed by former JP Morgan luminary Blythe Masters, has raised more than $50 million in a funding round joined by some of the biggest names in financial services, including Citi, Deutsche Börse and Santander InnoVentures. One of the investors, the ASX, has also handed Digital Asset a contract to design a post-trade settlement system using distributed ledger technology.

21 January 2016