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On 24 April 2026, ASX announced the completion of the first week of Go-Live of CHESS Release 1 with the new Clearing Service achieving 100% uptime and receiving over 18.5 million trades. Further details can be found here.
On 22 April 2026 following on from the announcement of CHESS Release 1 Go-Live, ASX confirmed that Wednesday 22 April 2026 Batch Settlement completed as planned. This marks the completion of a standard T+2 settlement cycle with the CHESS Release 1 Clearing Service in effect. Further details can be found here.
On 22 April 2026, ASX is pleased to confirm that CHESS overnight and start-of-day activities were completed as planned. Further details can be found here.
On 20 April 2026, ASX is pleased to confirm that the Clearing Service processed more than 3.5 million trades successfully and the Clearing Service continues to operate normally. Further details can be found here.
On 20 April 2026 following on from the announcement of CHESS Release 1 Go-Live, ASX confirmed that Batch Settlement completed. Further details can be found here.
On 20 April 2026 following on from the announcement of CHESS Release 1 Go-Live, ASX confirmed that Batch Settlement commenced. Further details can be found here.
On 20 April 2026, ASX confirmed that it had completed the CHESS Release 1 Clearing Service Health Checks and commenced releasing held EIS messages. Further details can be found here.
On 20 April 2026, ASX confirmed that CHESS Release 1 Go-Live was proceeding as planned. Further details can be found here.
On 18 April 2026, ASX successfully completed the CHESS Release 1 cutover activities required to continue to target Go‑Live on Monday 20 April 2026. Further details can be found here.
On 17 April 2026, ASX held the Cutover Go/No-Go Meeting and confirmed a ‘Go’ decision to proceed with the cutover activities required to continue to target CHESS Release 1 Go-Live on Monday 20 April 2026. Further details can be found here.
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