ASX Austraclear

Licensing and regulation

The Austraclear Limited Clearing and Settlement Facility is licensed by ASIC under the Corporations Act 2001 and is regulated by the Reserve Bank of Australia in relation to Financial Stability Standards for Clearing & Settlement Facilities.

The Austraclear System is governed by the Austraclear System Regulations , the operating rules for the facility which are approved under the Corporations Act.

In addition, Austraclear's Procedures Determinations and Practice Notes document describes procedural and interpretive matters to facilitate use of the Austraclear System.

The Austraclear System

In 2006 Austraclear launched a next generation System that positions the market and its participants for increased processing efficiencies, future product expansion and improved direct access.

• More about the Austraclear System
• Business documents
• Technical documents
• Production environment
• Industry test environment

ASX Austraclear is pleased to provide its customers with the latest issue of Austraclear Insight. Austraclear Insight is a quarterly newsletter that will provide the broader community of Austraclear Participants, Issuers, Wholesale Debt Issue Arrangers and Legal Advisers with updates on System functionality, existing and new services and more general aspects of the Austraclear System’s structure.

• Austraclear Insight - November 2011 (PDF 786KB)
• Austraclear Insight - August 2011 (PDF 557KB)
• Austraclear Insight - April 2011 (PDF 540KB)
• Austraclear Insight - January 2011 (PDF 435KB)

Free training

Austraclear provides free online training through the AClear Education program.

AClear Education offers choice - being online it is flexible, fast and convenient, and allows you to take as many courses as you wish, in any subject you wish, whenever you wish - at the office or at home, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The program includes:

• 14 courses
• Detailed manuals
• Visual demonstrations showing how to perform system functions
• Multiple choice examinations
• Personalised certification and achievement

> More about AClear Education

Products and services

ASX Austraclear products and services include:

• Central Securities Depository (CSD) services
• Electronic Trade Confirmation (ETC) and Settlement
• Electronic Cash Transfers (ECT)
• Registry
• Electronic Conveyancing Settlement Facility
• Straight Through Processing  

Participant Help (FAQ)

This section has been designed to help answer some of the questions Participants ask on a regular basis:

• Austraclear Billing
• Austraclear Admission and Participation
• Austraclear System Use
• Austraclear Euro Entitlements
• Austraclear Statistics
• Austraclear New Fee Categories
• Austraclear Error messages

Becoming a Participant

There are four classes of Austraclear Participant:

• Full Participant
• Associate Participant
• Special Purpose Participant and
• Public Trust Participant

Technical connection alternatives

There are a number of options available to connect to the Austraclear System:

• Austraclear National Network Infrastructure (ANNI) Participants
• Internet
• Austaclear File Export Service (Host to Host Lite)
• Proxy

> Minimum technical requirements

Business continuity

• ASX Business continuity arrangements

Austraclear Forms

• Austraclear forms 

Fees and charges

• Austraclear Participant and Transaction fee schedule (PDF 2.79MB)
• Austraclear Issue Administration fee schedule (PDF 71KB)
• Austraclear Services IPA & Registry fee schedule (PDF 52KB)
• ASX Market Connectivity fees (inc. Austraclear) (PDF 524KB)                                                      

        (Refer page 10 for Austraclear Network Connectivity fees)