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ASIC publishes review on concerns over ASX’s November 2020 power outage
23 August 2021 Australia
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The power outage occurred on 16 November 2020 after a major upgrade to ASX’s Nasdaq equity trading platform, ASX’s Trade

ASX launches real-time corporate actions STP service
16 June 2021 Australia
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Dominic Stevens, ASX managing director and CEO, explains that corporate actions are a “critical feature in capital markets”, with thousands of these events taking place on ASX every year

ASX’s Peter Hiom to step down as deputy CEO
26 May 2021 Australia
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Peter Hiom will leave the organisation on 1 July to further his interest in fintech and blockchain technology

ASX confirms CHESS replacement push back until April 2023
28 October 2020 Sydney
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

The Australian Securities Exchange has pushed back the go-live date for the CHESS replacement system until April 2023

BNP Paribas and Digital Asset to partner on DLT trade and settlement apps
15 September 2020 Hong Kong
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

BNP Paribas Securities Services has partnered with Digital Asset to design a number of real-time trade and settlement apps using DAML smart contracts

Majority of ASX CHESS users to meet new April 2022 go-live date
05 August 2020 Sydney
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

ASX will now review the feedback submitted from the four-week consultation and follow up with some CHESS users on points of detail they raised in order to meet the new timetable

ASX releases CHESS consultation paper
30 June 2020 Sydney
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

ASX has released a consultation paper seeking feedback for the revised timeline to replace CHESS

Kevin Lewis steps down as ASX chief compliance officer
06 May 2020 Sydney
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Kevin Lewis has revealed he will be stepping down from his role as the Australian Securities Exchange’s chief compliance officer and will retire from the exchange in mid-2022

ASX sees value of securities held in CHESS decrease
08 April 2020 Sydney
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

ASX’s monthly activity report showed the value of securities held in CHESS was 13 percent lower than the previous corresponding period

ASX replans CHESS replacement implementation amid COVID-19 uncertainty
25 March 2020 Sydney
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The replan will allow extra time for users to complete operational readiness activities and to consider the rule changes that accompany the new system

ASCA report highlights evolving role of custodians
11 February 2020 Sydney
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

The whitepaper, released by the Australian Custodial Services Association, describes the evolving role custodians play in Australia’s institutional investment landscape

Assets under custody for Australian investors sees significant jump
17 October 2019 Sydney
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The results were included in the ACSA’s new asset servicing industry statistics for the six-months ending 30 June 2019