This video outlines why the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) is presently studying whether to convert the exchange to blockchain technology.

A study of market bubbles is generally considered a test of market eciency (or ineciency) since bubbles are concerned with rising prices that are detached from their fundamental values. Verifying the existence of such an ineciency requires us to be able to appropriately formulate fundamental value, which typically assumes homogeneous and rational investors. Requiring additional...

The catalyst for the preparation of this working paper was the epochal merger in 2007 of the New York Stock Exchange with Paris-based Euronext, itself a consolidation of several European exchanges. Exchange mergers were not a new phenomenon; domestic and regional exchanges had been consolidating for decades. However, NYSE Euronext was the big deal, creating...

The ASX recently amended its listing rules to allow small-cap companies to issue up to 25% of their share capital at a discount of up to 25%- Rule 7.1A (up from a 15% issue at a 15% discount). The changes have the potential to distort the shareholder-register. Further, if the issue is to an existing...