ASX

ASX Limited operates Australia's primary securities exchange, the Australian Securities Exchange. The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) is a multi-asset class electronic platform, formed in 2006 by the merger of the Australian Stock Exchange and the Sydney Futures Exchange, combining cash equities with one of Asia’s largest derivatives operations. The exchange was the first to go public among global exchanges in 1998. The ASX was ranked as the 15th largest derivatives exchange in 2012, according to the Futures Industry Association's annual volume survey of the world's largest exchanges measured by volume. The ASX is a member exchange of the World Federation of Exchanges.