ASX LIMITED — Capital/Financing Update 2015

Sep 2, 2015

3 September 2015

Australian Securities and Investments Commission Mr Oliver Harvey Senior Executive, Financial Market Infrastructure Level 5, 100 Market Street SYDNEY NSW 2000

ASX Market Announcements Office ASX Limited 20 Bridge Street SYDNEY NSW 2000

ASX GROUP MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT – AUGUST 2015

Attached is a copy of the ASX Group Monthly Activity Report for August 2015.

Amanda J. Harkness Group General Counsel & Company Secretary

20 Bridge Street Sydney NSW 2000

ASX Limited ABN 98 008 624 691

www.asx.com.au Customer service 13 12 79

MARKET ANNOUNCEMENT

3 September 2015

ASX GROUP MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT – AUGUST 2015

The value of ASX-listed stocks, as measured by the All Ordinaries Index, fell 8.1% in August 2015. Declines were also observed in other major markets, including Hong Kong down 12.0%, Germany down 9.3%, Singapore down 8.8%, Japan down 7.8%, the UK down 6.7% and the US down 6.3%.

Volatility measures for the Australian equity market increased during August:

• Volatility (as measured by the average daily movement in the All Ordinaries Index) was 1.1% in August, up on the previous month (0.8%).

• Expected future volatility (as measured by the S&P/ASX 200 VIX) rose in August to an average of 20.2 (compared to 17.1 in July).

LISTINGS AND CAPITAL RAISINGS

• In August 2015, total capital raised was $7.1 billion, up 120% on the previous corresponding period (pcp).

	August	August	August	August
Listings and Capital Raisings	2015 Month	2014 Month	2015 Financial YTD	2014 Financial YTD
New listed entities admitted	9	12	23	23
Change onpcp	-25%
Total Listed entities(at end of month)	2,207	2,186
Change onpcp	1%
Initial capital raised($million)	627	1,006	3,398	5,620
Secondarycapital raised($million)	5,759	1,567	11,209	3,635
Other capital raised including scrip-for-scrip ($million)	749	669	1,724	800
Total secondarycapital raised($million)	6,508	2,236	12,933	4,435
Change onpcp	191%		192%
Total capital raised includingother($million)	7,135	3,242	16,331	10,055
Change onpcp	120%		62%

TRADING – CASH MARKETS (INCLUDING EQUITIES, INTEREST AND WARRANTS TRADES)

• In August 2015, the average daily number of trades was 23% higher than the pcp. The average daily value traded on-market of $4.8 billion was 33% higher than the pcp.

	August	August	August	August
Cash Markets	2015 Month	2014 Month	2015 Financial YTD	2014 Financial YTD
Total trading days
(Cash market includes equity, warrant and interest rate market	21	21	44	44
transactions)
Cash market volume
Total trades	18,704,298	15,233,594	35,968,821	30,655,728
Change onpcp	23%		17%
Average dailytrades	890,681	725,409	817,473	696,721
Change onpcp	23%		17%
Cash market value
Open trading ($billion)	76.437	55.220	139.205	107.230
Auctions trading ($billion)	17.944	14.555	33.348	28.435
Centre Point($billion)	6.603	6.439	12.616	12.229
Trade reporting*($billion)	14.453	14.812	24.293	26.100
Total value($billion)	115.437	91.026	209.462	173.994
Change onpcp	27%		20%
Average dailyvalue on-market($billion)	4.809	3.629	4.208	3.361
Change onpcp	33%		25%
Average dailyvalue($billion)	5.497	4.335	4.761	3.954
Change onpcp	27%		20%
Average valueper trade($)	6,172	5,975	5,823	5,676
Change onpcp	3%		3%
Non-billable value(above cap) ($billion)	1.231	1.821	1.512	2.298
Total billable value($billion)	114.206	89.205	207.950	171.696
*Trade reporting means the value of trades executed outside
the order books of ASX or Chi-x that is subsequently reported to
ASX forpublication.

TRADING – FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES MARKETS

• In August 2015, the average daily number of exchange-traded options decreased 9% on the pcp. Single stock options average daily contracts traded were down 14% on the pcp and index options average daily contracts traded were up 42% on the pcp.

• In August 2015, average daily futures and options on futures volume increased 20% on the pcp. Average daily futures volume was up 22% on the pcp and average daily options volume was down 38% on the pcp.

	August	August	August	August
Derivatives Markets	2015 Month	2014 Month	2015 Financial YTD	2014 Financial YTD
Exchange-traded options total trading days	21	21	44	44
(includes equityoptions and index options)
Equityoptions volume
Total contracts	8,273,082	9,565,060	15,271,955	18,616,422
Change onpcp	-14%		-18%
Average dailycontracts	393,956	455,479	347,090	423,101
Index options volume
Total contracts	1,252,587	883,962	2,141,879	1,644,941
Change onpcp	42%		30%
Average dailycontracts	59,647	42,093	48,679	37,385
Total derivatives volume
Total contracts	9,525,669	10,449,022	17,413,834	20,261,363
Change onpcp	-9%		-14%
Average dailycontracts	453,603	497,572	395,769	460,486
Change onpcp	-9%		-14%
Futures and options total trading days
(includes interest rate, ASX SPI 200, commodities and energy	21	21	44	44
contracts)
Futures volume
Total contracts	9,826,893	8,028,525	19,124,656	16,713,867
Change onpcp	22%		14%
Average dailycontracts	467,947	382,311	434,651	379,861
Options on futures volume
Total contracts	181,002	290,616	301,164	602,889
Change onpcp	-38%		-50%
Average dailycontracts	8,619	13,839	6,845	13,702
Total futures and options on futures volume
Total contracts	10,007,895	8,319,141	19,425,820	17,316,756
Change onpcp	20%		12%
Average dailycontracts	476,566	396,150	441,496	393,563
Change onpcp	20%		12%

CLEARING – OTC MARKETS

• In August 2015, the notional value of OTC interest rate derivative contracts centrally cleared was $120.9 billion, compared to $5.1 billion in the pcp.

• The total notional value of OTC interest rate derivatives cleared by ASX since inception of the service is $1,188 billion.

	August	August	August	August
OTC Markets	2015	2014	2015	2014
	Month	Month	Financial YTD	Financial YTD
Total notional cleared value*($billion)	120.853	5.118	257.463	6.723
Open notional cleared value* ($billion)
(at end of month)	535.564
* Cleared notional value is double sided

CLEARING – EXCHANGE-TRADED MARKETS

• Participant margin balances held on balance sheet at month-end totalled $4.5 billion in August 2015 compared to $3.8 billion in August 2014

ASX Clearing Corporation	August 2015	August 2014	August 2015	August 2014
Collateral Balances – At End of Month	Month	Month	Financial YTD	Financial YTD
Cash margins held on balance sheet:
- ASX Clear($billion)	0.7	0.5
- ASX Clear(Futures) ($billion)	3.7	3.2
Cash equivalents held on balance sheet – ASX Clear(Futures) ($billion)	0.1	0.1
Collateral cash cover held off balance sheet
(equities and guarantees) – ASX Clear	3.5	4.1
($billion)
Total billable cash market value cleared ($billion)	111.102	82.436	203.964	159.855

SETTLEMENT

• The value of securities held in CHESS was 2% lower than the pcp. The number of dominant settlement messages in August 2015 was 15% higher than the pcp.

• The value of securities held in Austraclear was 14% higher than the pcp.

ASX Settlement	August 2015	August 2014	August 2015	August 2014
	Month	Month	Financial YTD	Financial YTD
Value of CHESS holdings – period end ($billion)	1,507.9	1,534.6
Dominant settlement messages(million)	1.4	1.3	2.7	2.6
Austraclear Settlement and Depository
Austraclear securities holdings – period end ($billion)	1,807.5	1,587.7

• The weekly Australian Cash Market Report is available here: http://www.asx.com.au/services/trading services/australian-cash-market-report.htm

A separate ASX Compliance activity report for August 2015 has also been released today.

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