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Services for approved market operators

ASX’s Trade Acceptance Service (TAS) provides non-discriminatory access to clearing and settlement arrangements for unaffiliated Approved Market Operators (AMOs).

Trade Acceptance Service

ASX’s Trade Acceptance Service (TAS) provides non-discriminatory access to clearing and settlement arrangements for unaffiliated Approved Market Operators (AMOs). The Trade Acceptance Service enables trades in CHESS eligible financial products executed on any Australian licensed trading platform to be cleared and settled by ASX Clear and ASX Settlement.

The Trade Acceptance Service is currently provided to Cboe Australia Pty Ltd and National Stock Exchange of Australia Limited.

If you are interested in being provided with clearing and settlement arrangements under the Trade Acceptance Service, please contact Karen Webb, Head of, Issuer Services, on 0409 559 807 or email. The initial application form for the TAS and related product services is available here.

Contractual framework and service fees

The Trade Acceptance Service is made available to unaffiliated AMOs in accordance with a published set of contractual terms of service, the Trade Acceptance Service Legal Terms. 

There is an initial application fee of $10,000 (excluding GST) for the TAS. The Operational and Technical Standards applicable to the TAS is available here.

ASX Clear and ASX Settlement also provide financial product-related services to unaffiliated AMOs which are the recipients of the Trade Acceptance Service for financial products listed on their markets.  These services include a clearing assessment of the individual financial products listed on the market of the unaffiliated AMO for which clearing and settlement is sought, an operational assessment (where required) and product set-up and maintenance services.  An AMO may be required to complete the Application Form/New Product Form (available here) prior to these services being provided.  These services are made available in accordance with a published set of contractual terms of service, the Product Services Legal Terms. Guidance on the range of fees payable in connection with the operational and clearing assessments can be found here. 

Access procedures for AMOs

The Access Procedures set out the processes and timeframes for ASX to respond to new customer enquiries for standard access to clearing and settlement arrangements under the Trade Acceptance Service and customer requests for the enhancement or expansion of the Trade Acceptance Service.

The Access Procedures also provide an overview of the service monitoring for the Trade Acceptance Service and the Information Handling Standard that ASX has put in place for the protection of AMO confidential information.