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• ASX to sell entire stake in IRESS

  ​ASX Limited, operator of the Australian Securities Exchange, is selling its entire shareholding in software company IRESS.

• ASX pushes back roll-out of blockchain-based CHESS replacement

  ​ASX Limited, which operates the Australian Securities Exchange, has pushed back the start date of its blockchain-based CHESS replacement, in response to stakeholder concerns.

• ASX taps Digital Asset for core blockchain settlement tech

  ​The ASX has revealed it is replacing its CHESS system with new blockchain technology provided by Digital Asset.

• Mathew Doughty leaves the ASX

  The Australian Securities Exchange’s long-standing GM, technology, Mathew Doughty has left the organisation, an ASX spokesperson confirmed on Wednesday.

• ASX poaches CBA’s CommSec CIO

  Dan Chesterman — currently CommSec and Private Bank chief information officer at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia — has been appointed CIO at ASX.

• ASX CIO Tim Thurman to return to Canada

  Australian Securities Exchange chief information officer Tim Thurman will return to Canada in early 2017, with the ASX confirming it has begun searching for a new CIO.

• Website woes for ASX following last month's outage

  ​The website for the Australian Securities Exchange was unavailable for nearly three hours last night, meaning the publication of company announcements had to be delayed.

• ​Hardware failure was ‘complex and unprecedented’: ASX

  The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has produced a post-mortem report on ​a hardware failure which temporarily halted trading on Monday night and early Tuesday morning​.

• Superloop lists on the ASX

  Dark fibre infrastructure provider, Superloop, on Thursday commenced trading on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) after following an IPO which raised $17.5 million.
  

• ASX links Sydney data centre with Singapore stock exchange

  Customers in the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) data centre, Australian Liquidity Centre (ALC), can now connect to the SGX data centre in Singapore via the ASX’s low latency network, Net Global.

• ASX CIO gets busy on new technology rollouts

  CIO Australia caught up with Tim Thurman to see what he is up to at the ASX.

• Bulletproof Networks to list on the ASX

  Australian-owned cloud service provider Bulletproof Networks on Monday announced it would soon list on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in a bid to raise $1.6 million.
  

• ASX rolls out new software for OTC clearing

  The Australia Securities Exchange (ASX) is rolling out new software that will allow Australian interest rate client clearing, which is to be launched by Q2 2014.

• In pictures: ASX Liquidity Centre

  The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) took the media on a tour of its Australian Liquidity Centre data centre in Gore Hill, Sydney.

• ASX decreases international network latency with Net Global

  The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has rolled out a networking solution called ASX Net Global which is designed to improve latency when international customers trade on the local stock exchange.