2008 Australian Share Ownership Study

Approximately 41% of adult Australians own shares, according to the 2008 Australian Share Ownership Study (PDF 1.44MB), released by ASX on 23 June 2009. The Study offers insights into the attitudes, knowledge and behaviour of retail share market investors in Australia in late 2008, a time of significant market volatility.

Short selling update

On 25 May 2009, ASIC removed the ban on covered short selling of financial securities.

ASX Trading Participants must report their daily gross short sales (PDF 31KB) to ASX and ASX makes available a daily gross short sale report (TXT 23KB).

An ASX market circular (PDF 72KB) details the requirements for disclosure and reporting of short sales.

Please visit the ASIC website for more information.

New market service for Managed Funds, ETFs and Structured Products

The new service is aimed at domestic and international product issuers that provide products for both retail and institutional investors. More information.

Financial markets charity sailing regatta

The ASX-Reuters Charity Foundation regatta will be held on 16 October 2009. Enter a yacht or come as a crew.

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