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IR 06-41 ½ñÈÕÈÈÃÅʼþreports on Yieldbroker Pty Limited

Published

The ½ñÈÕÈÈÃÅʼþ (ASIC) has today released the findings of its third assessment of Yieldbroker Pty Limited (Yieldbroker).

Yieldbroker is licensed to operate two markets, the dealer-to-client market and the interdealer market. During the assessment period, Yieldbroker operated only the dealer to client market.

½ñÈÕÈÈÃÅʼþconcluded that Yieldbroker has adequate arrangements for the supervision of its market in accordance with its obligations under the Corporations Act.

A copy of the assessment report is available form ASIC's website at www.asic.gov.au or by calling the ½ñÈÕÈÈÃÅʼþInfoline on 1300 300 630.

Background

A financial market is defined as a facility through which offers to buy and sell financial product are regularly made. Anyone who operates a financial market in Australia must obtain a licence to do so, or otherwise be exempted by the Minister.

As part of the conditions of granting a licence to operate a financial market, the licensee must supervise the market in accordance with Part 7.2 of the Corporations Act.

Under the Act, ½ñÈÕÈÈÃÅʼþis required to conduct an assessment of how well operators of licensed financial markets are complying with their obligations to supervise the facilities’ operations. ½ñÈÕÈÈÃÅʼþmust do this at least once per year in relation to each licensee. ½ñÈÕÈÈÃÅʼþcan also assess how well a licensee is complying with its other obligations under the Act.