ASX documents & publications

Education

• Getting started in shares (PDF 1MB) 
• Starting out in Shares the ASX Way (book)
• Australian share price movements chart (PDF 189KB)
• Options - A simple guide (PDF 237KB) 
• Understanding Options Trading (PDF 1.0MB)
• Understanding WarrantsTrading (PDF 1.7MB)
• Overview of CHESS (PDF 136KB)
• Understanding CHESS Depositary Interests -CDIs (PDF 265KB)
• Understanding ASX Listed CFDs (PDF 1.2MB)
• Introduction to Index Futures and Options (PDF 1.0MB)

> further booklets & brochures

ASX shareholder

• ASX Shareholder publications

Research and surveys

• Share Ownership Study 2012 (PDF 3.11MB)
• Russell/ASX Long-Term Investing Report 2012 (PDF 1.29MB)
• Russell/ASX Long-Term Investing Report 2011 (PDF 355KB)
• Share Ownership Study 2010 (PDF 1.3MB)
• Russell/ASX Long-Term Investing Report 2010 (PDF 726KB)
• Share Ownership Study 2008 (PDF 1.44MB)
• ASX Russell Long-Term Investing Report 2007 (PDF 1.7MB)
• Share Ownership Study 2006 (PDF 743KB)
• ASX Russell Long-Term Investing Report Highlights 2006 (PDF 177KB)
• ASX Russell Long-Term Investing Report 2006 (PDF 960KB)
• ASX Russell Long-Term Investing Report 2005 (PDF 240KB)
• Success Factors in Australian Industries - Report by ASX and ABF Nov 2005 (PDF 167KB)
• International Share Ownership 2005 (PDF 299KB)
• Share Ownership Study 2004 (PDF 167KB)
• Share Ownership Study 2004 - background info
• ASX Investments Report December 2004 (PDF 84KB)
• ASX Investments Report 10 years to 31 December 2003 (Towers Perrin) (PDF 174KB)
• 2003 Australian Share Ownership Study (PDF 1.5MB)
• SMSF Qualitative Research Presentation Nov 2003 Summary (PDF 190KB)
  Latest research into the growth in popularity of Self Managed Super Funds and the current landscape in which they operate. A full version (PDF 676KB) is also available.
• International Share Ownership - Key Highlights, June 2003 (PDF 131KB)
• ASX Investments Report 10 years & 20 years to 31 December 2002 (PDF 127KB)
• 2002 Share Ownership Study (PDF 121KB) (slide presentation)
• 2002 Australian Share Ownership Study (PDF 666KB)
• ASX Investments Report 10 years to 31 December 2001 (PDF 34KB)
• "The pricing of technology stocks: a global perspective on Australian stocks" (PDF 104KB)
  Executive summary of report by George Foster (Graduate School of Business Stanford University), Ron Kasnik (Graduate School of Business Stanford University) & Baljit Sidhu (Australian Graduate School of Business), March 2002
• ASX Investments Report 10 years to 31 December 2000 (PDF 165KB)
• Investment Performance Comparison 1989 - 1999 (PDF 79KB)

Rules

• ASX Listing Rules
• ASX Operating Rules 
• ASX 24 Operating Rules 
• ASX Clear Operating Rules 
• ASX Clear (Futures) Operating Rules 
• ASX Settlement Operating Rules 
• Austraclear Regulations 
• ASX Enforcement and Appeals Rulebook 

Research Papers

• Market Insights research

Newsletter

ASX publishes the monthly Investor Update email newsletter. It is aimed at providing investors with practical information for getting the most out of investing in the sharemarket.

Group Activities Reports

• Group Activities Report FY09 (PDF 326KB)

Integrity

• MOU between ASX and ASIC (PDF 665KB)
• MOU between ASX and Financial Reporting Council (FRC) (PDF 13KB)
• The Importance of Market Integrity: An Analysis of ASX Self-Regulation by Securities Industry Research Centre of Asia-Pacific (SIRCA) (PDF 151KB)