Australia’s biggest stock exchange needs tougher competition, or we all risk paying the price
The article discusses systemic issues at the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), including technology failures, cultural problems, and lack of competition. It highlights an ASIC report criticizing the ASX's insular culture and calls for a 'fundamental reset' to improve reliability and governance.
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“Almost every Australian has a stake in how well the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) works.”
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No relevant evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the claim about Australian stake in ASX performance.
“Most working adults have superannuation savings invested in companies listed on the ASX, which together are valued at more than A$3 trillion.”
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No evidence found to confirm or refute the claim about superannuation savings invested in ASX-listed companies.
“If you’re among the millions of members of big super funds AustralianSuper and UniSuper, those industry funds are some of the biggest investors in the publicly listed ASX itself.”
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No evidence found to confirm or refute the claim about AustralianSuper and UniSuper being major ASX investors.
“An independent report has just found the 'ASX is at serious risk of falling further behind without a fundamental reset'.”
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No evidence found to confirm or refute the claim about an independent report warning the ASX is at risk of falling behind.
“The ASX is due to launch a long-delayed replacement for its antiquated trading technology on April 20.”
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Wikipedia entries retrieved (Mitsubishi ASX, S&P/ASX indices) are unrelated to the ASX's trading technology launch date. No relevant evidence found.
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— Australian Securities Exchange Ltd (ASX) is an Australian public company that operates Australia's primary securities exchange, the Australian Securities Exchange (sometimes referred to outside of Aus…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Securities_Exchange
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Securities_Exchange
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— The Mitsubishi ASX (abbreviation of "Active Sports Crossover") is a subcompact crossover SUV manufactured by the Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors. On introduction, it was positioned below the Outl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_ASX
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_ASX
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— The S&P/ASX 200 (XJO) index is a market-capitalisation weighted and float-adjusted stock market index of stocks listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. The index is maintained by Standard & Poor…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S&P/ASX_200
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S&P/ASX_200
“The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) released the final findings of a nine-month independent inquiry into the ASX.”
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“The report found the ASX had 'systemic, long-standing and deeply embedded' issues, with an 'insular and defensive culture'.”
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No evidence found to confirm or refute the claim about ASIC's report identifying systemic issues at the ASX.
“The ASX’s systems struggled to cope with record trades in March 2020, followed by a full-day market outage late that year.”
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Wikipedia entries retrieved (Mitsubishi ASX, S&P/ASX indices) are unrelated to the ASX's 2020 system failures and outages. No relevant evidence found.
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— The Mitsubishi ASX (abbreviation of "Active Sports Crossover") is a subcompact crossover SUV manufactured by the Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors. On introduction, it was positioned below the Outl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_ASX
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_ASX
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— The S&P/ASX 200 (XJO) index is a market-capitalisation weighted and float-adjusted stock market index of stocks listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. The index is maintained by Standard & Poor…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S&P/ASX_200
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S&P/ASX_200
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— The S&P/ASX 300, or simply, ASX 300, is a stock market index of Australian stocks listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The index is market-capitalisation weighted, meaning each company …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S&P/ASX_300
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S&P/ASX_300
“There was another outage in December last year. That came just months after an ASX mix-up that briefly wiped $400 million off the market value of TPG Telecom.”
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Wikipedia entries retrieved (TPG Telecom, TPG Singapore) do not mention the December 2023 outage or $400 million error. No relevant evidence found.
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— SIMBA Telecom Pte Ltd, formerly known as TPG Singapore, is a Singaporean telecommunications company and one of four major telecommunication company operating in the country.
TPG Singapore was founded …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simba_Telecom
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— TPG is an Australian internet service provider that specialises in consumer and business internet services as well as mobile telephone services. As of August 2015, TPG is the second-largest internet s…
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— TPG Telecom Limited, formerly Vodafone Hutchison Australia and renamed following a merger with TPG, is an Australian telecommunications company. It is the second-largest telecommunications company lis…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TPG_Telecom
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TPG_Telecom
“The ASX manages 81.5% of turnover as of end of December 2025.”
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“The National Stock Exchange of Australia (NSX) announced it wants to become a rival to the ASX and Cboe Australia.”
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“ASIC’s report highlights that Australia has little competition in the absence of direct government control.”
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“The ASX has put delivering high shareholder returns to its own ASX Limited shareholders ahead of investing in technology and people.”
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“The ASX expects to begin launching its replacement 'clearing house' technology on April 20.”
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“The ASX needs to appoint a new chief executive officer by the end of May.”
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