Media & Notices - 2022

Date Title & Summary Topic Area
13-Dec-2022

Initial AFMA Carbon Market Conventions

AFMA has published the initial version of the Carbon Markets Conventions.  The conventions are intended to streamline market practices in the Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) market and provide the basis for standardised trading in the over-the-counter ACCU market

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29-Nov-2022

AFMA Website Notice

AFMA would like to advise members and stakeholders that, on or around 13 October 2022, AFMA’s main website (www.afma.com.au) was compromised by an automated cyber-attack, the aim of which was to enhance search indices to promote traffic to a non-related website.  AFMA became aware of the attack on 17 October and immediately executed an incident response plan, including rolling back all AFMA websites to their state prior to the attack and enhancing security on all websites. AFMA has a high level of confidence that no personally identifiable information was exposed by the attack as such data is not directly accessible from the website. Accordingly, AFMA’s position is that it has no notification obligation arising from the event but issues this notice for transparency. 
 
Please contact AFMA’s Company Secretary, Rob Colquhoun, at [email protected] if you would like any further information.

Association
02-Nov-2022

AFMA-ABA Commence discussions on potential collaboration

The Australian Financial Markets Association (AFMA) and the Australian Banking Association (ABA) have commenced exploring ways to collaborate in the interest of our respective members.

Association
02-Nov-2022

AFMA Fallback Language Template for Floating Rate Notes


The AFMA Fallback Language Template for Floating Rate Notes (FRN) has ben published to the AFMA website for incorporation in FRN securities documentation as suggested template language to assist the market.

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25-Oct-2022

Market Notice: 2022_05-Reciprocal Purchase Agreements Conventions

AFMA Members and market participants are advised of the addition of guidance to AFMA’s Reciprocal Purchase Agreements Conventions (Repo) Conventions, this designed to communicate best practice for dealers when considering procedural aspects of client relationships and steps which may serve to reduce settlement risks

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13-Sep-2022

Market Notice 2022_03 Public Holiday Thursday 22 September 2022

Market participants are advised that the Australian Government has declared Thursday 22 September 2022 as a one-off national public holiday to allow people to pay their respects for the passing of Queen Elizabeth.

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23-Aug-2022

Market Notice 2022_02 - Electricity Conventions Amendments

Market participants are advised of the following minor amendments to AFMA’s Electricity Market
Conventions.

Other
01-Aug-2022

Statement of Good Practice in Debt Capital Markets

Central Repository for Primary Market Issuance Documents

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29-Jun-2022

Cash Market Information for ADI RITS members

Cash Market Information for ADI RITS members

Other
04-Apr-2022

ITAWG Market Statement of 4 April 2022

The IBOR Transformation Australian Working Group (ITAWG) has issued a Market Statement dated 4 April 2022 on the use of Interest Rate Benchmarks in Australia

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23-Feb-2022

The Master Equity Capital Market Terms have been updated to the version dated 23 February 2022.

The Master Equity Capital Market Terms have been updated to the version dated 23 February 2022. The Master Equity Capital Market (ECM) Terms provide industry developed standard terms to streamline the confirmation of institutional allocations on equity capital raisings in Australia.

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