The ASX or Australian Stock Exchange is the market in which companies in Australian can list, raise capital and activate strategic plans not possible without the funds available on the ASX Stock Market.
Like any market, the ASX stock market brings together buyers and sellers of Australian financial instruments, not limited to stocks, but also derivatives, bonds, options, managed funds,
The ASX stock market allows for all the financial instruments to be managed in one place, with online
CHESS or the Clearing House Electronic Sub-Register System is the computer system used by the ASX to manage the settlement of share transactions and to record shareholdings. In practical terms, it allows brokers and other market participants to settle trades via CHESS by themselves or on behalf of their clients.[1]
These funds of the transaction of buying and selling on the ASX Stock market, are admitted to ASX under the ASX Listing Rules and must provide information on their performance and investments. All companies, funds and other product issues are regulated under the Corporations Act 2001 and supervised by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).[2]
This level of regulation provides investors with the comfort that they are protected when things go wrong, in
ASIC does not protect investors from losing all their money due to mismanagement or risks of ‘doing business’ which may cost investors their funds – even in some cases, such as with leveraged products, more capital than they originally invested.
The ASX stock market is no place for amateurs. Within the ASX Stock
The "ASX200" is a benchmark index that was created in the year 2000 and consists of the 200 largest public companies by market
Although you can’t invest in an ASX stock market index, there are Exchange Traded Funds, or ETF’s that are set up by fund management companies that are designed to track the ASX200 or the ASX50 or a wide range of indexes allowing people to trade on the ASX stock market, rather
This can allow
In addition, for sophisticated
[1]https://www.westpac.com.au/personal-banking/investments/the-share-market/what-is-CHESS/
[2]https://www.asx.com.au/products/managed-funds/buying-selling.htm
[3]https://www.wise-owl.com/investment-education/asx-200-explained-what-is-the-asx-200
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