Licensed and exempt market operators
Anyone who operates a financial market in Australia must be licensed or exempted by ASIC.
A financial market is a facility through which offers to buy and sell financial products are regularly made and accepted.
½ñÈÕÈÈÃÅʼþis responsible for the licensing and supervision of operators of financial markets and market participants. Our main functions are to:
- assess domestic or overseas market licence applications, changes to operating rules and other matters relating to financial markets
- assess and enforce licensees’ compliance with their obligations, and
- enforce the prohibition on a person operating, or holding out that they operate, a financial market in Australia, if they are not licensed or exempt.
We will only grant a domestic or overseas market licence or exemption if we consider that all the relevant criteria are met.ÌýWe may grant or refuse to grant a market licence, or exempt a facility from the market licensing obligations.
We also make market integrity rules and supervise compliance with these rules, and supervise trading on Australia's domestic licensed markets.
Related information
- Regulatory resources for market infrastructure licensees
- Licensed domestic markets operating in Australia
- Licensed overseas markets operating in Australia
- Exempt markets operating in Australia
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For enquiries contact:
Senior Manager
Market Infrastructure
ASIC
Level 5, 100 Market St
Sydney
NSW 2001Ìý
Telephone: +61 2 9911 2000
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