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Asia Pacific Stock Exchange (APX)stock exchange HQ in Sydney, Australia is a securities exchange in Australia, a wholly owned subsidiary of the AIMS Financial Group, with a market license granted by the Australian Securities  & Investment Commission (ASIC) on the 5th November 2013. APX listed it's first few companies on the 6th March 2014.

APX is an exchange that bridges companies and investors in search of Australian and Asian investment opportunities. The APX is a new listing and trading venue in the Australian Exchange. For Asian and in particular (Greater Chinese) companies APX offers an alternative listing and trading venue to the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges.

APX philosophy is to provide opportunities for both established and growth oriented companies to raise the capital they need for expansion from a diversified range of domestic and international investors. Thus the aim of APX is to foster and nurture companies, in addition providing the right trading and operational environment and meet relevant milestones over time, culminating into success stories.

APX's Listing and Business Rules
Efficient financial markets are vital to the national and global economy. APX offers a unique and flexible set of listing rules whilst maintaining a very high level of accountability disclosure and rigour. The APX Business Rules and ASIC APX Market Integrity Rules have been designed to world class standard compliance in the Australian market. The business rules and obligations are aligned to those of existing market practices.

APX Sponsor
Asia Pacific Stock Exchange (APX), has a definitive interest to ensure that the reputation and integrity of its listed companies and its market are protected and beneficial to all stakeholders. With this insight the exchange understands that the majority of our Listees listing on an exchange for the first time it is important that they have an understanding of all the requirements and rules relevant to their exchange listing. As part of the listing rule criteria all APX listed companies are required to have a sponsor for the first 2 years of listing on the market. To accommodate this listing criterion, the APX has developed a support model "APX Sponsor" which refers APX Listees to APX qualified expert advisors to assist the Listee through the listing process. The Sponsor plays a vital role as they ensure each Listee has a clear understanding of compliance as it pertains to exchange rules, advice and guidance on business activities and validating price-sensitive documents related to listing.

APX Participant
APX recognizes the importance that market participants bring to the exchange. APX has developed a Participant Model based on strict criteria for becoming an APX Participant in order to safeguard the integrity of the market. The "Participant" or Broker is an essential step towards operating in the APX stock market. APX brokers are professionals who facilitate investor's access to buy, sell, and trade shares of listed companies for their clients.

History
The exchange began in 1997 as an exempt market operated by Austock. (An exempt market is one the Australian government exempts from the licensing otherwise required for a financial market.)

The first listing was pharmaceutical manufacturer Sigma Pharmaceuticals. At the time it was a cooperative owned by pharmacists, and it wanted to raise capital, but an Australian Stock Exchange listing would have required the owners to give up control (under the ASX "one share, one vote" rule). Austock instead created a structure of separate investor and voting shares for them, and established an exempt market for those shares.

The Austock exempt market through its life listed 22 companies and turned over about $500 million. It included initial listings for the SFE Corporation (owner of the Sydney Futures Exchange) and SPC Ardmona, before they moved to the Australian Stock Exchange.

The exchange in its present form as a licensed stock exchange was established in August 2004 and commenced trading in January 2005. It retained the trading platform software used by the exempt market.

In 2008 the visionary George Wang of AIMS Financial Group (AIMS) acquired the Australian Pacific Exchange Limited and rebranded (APX) as the Asia Pacific Stock Exchange.

About AIMS Financial Group
AIMS Financial Group (AIMS) was established in 1991 as a mortgage lender. Over the past twenty years, AIMS has expanded into a diversified non-bank financial services institution, offering mortgage lending, securitization, funds management, and investment banking services. AIMS is officially recognized by the China Industrial Overseas Development and Planning Association, one of the leading industry bodies regulated by the National Development and Reform Commission, as a highly qualified and trusted financial service provider to local businesses.

Requested Update
Asia Pacific Stock Exchange (APX), stock exchange HQ in Sydney, Australia is a securities exchange in Australia, a wholly owned subsidiary of the AIMS Financial Group. [1]

Timeline
5th November 2013: Market license granted by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) 6th March 2014: APX listed its first two companies.

Overview
APX is a market operator, which bridges companies and investors in search of Australian and Asian investment opportunities. APX offer Australian companies a new listing and trading venue to other Australian stock exchanges. For Asian and in particular (Greater Chinese) companies APX offers an alternative listing and trading venue to other stock exchanges in the Asia Pacific region. APX philosophy is to provide opportunities for both established and growth oriented companies to raise the capital they need for expansion from a diversified range of domestic and international investors. Thus the aim of APX is to foster and nurture companies, in addition providing the right trading and operational environment and meet relevant milestones over time, culminating into success stories.

APX's Listing and Business Rules
Efficient financial markets are vital to the national and global economy. APX flexible set of listing rules whilst maintaining a very high level of accountability disclosure and rigour. The APX Business Rules and Australian Securities and Investments Commission ASIC APX Market Integrity Rules have been designed to world class standard compliance in the Australian market. The business rules and obligations are aligned to those of existing market practices.

APX Sponsor Model
Asia Pacific Stock Exchange (APX), has a definitive interest to ensure that the reputation and integrity of its listed companies and its market are protected and beneficial to all stakeholders. With this insight the exchange understands that the majority of APX Listees listing on an exchange for the first time it is important that they have an understanding of all the requirements and rules relevant to their exchange listing. As part of the listing rule criteria all APX listed companies are required to have a sponsor for the first 2 years of listing on the market. To accommodate this listing criterion, the APX has developed a support model "APX Sponsor" which refers APX Listees to APX qualified expert advisors to assist the Listee through the listing process. The Sponsor plays a vital role as they ensure each Listee has a clear understanding of compliance as it pertains to exchange rules, advice and guidance on business activities and validating price-sensitive documents related to listing.

APX Participant
APX has developed a Participant Model based on strict criteria for becoming an APX Participant in order to safeguard the integrity of the market. The "Participant" or Broker is an essential step towards operating in the APX stock market. APX brokers are professionals who facilitate investor's access to buy, sell, and trade shares of listed companies for their clients.

Settlement
In order to maximize the efficiency of trading on APX and because Australian investors are familiar with existing settlement and transfer processes, APX uses the services of ASX Settlement to settle trades executed on APX. ASX Settlement provides a 'delivery versus payment' settlement service and a secure asset holding service. The delivery versus payment (DVP) process allows simultaneous transfer of both securities and money usually three business days after the trade.

More details on ASX Settlement can be found here (http://www.asx.com.au/services/settlement/asx-settlement.htm)

History
The exchange began in 1997 as an exempt market operated by Austock. (An exempt market is one the Australian government exempts from the licensing otherwise required for a financial market.) The first listing was pharmaceutical manufacturer Sigma Pharmaceuticals. At the time it was a cooperative owned by pharmacists, who wanted to raise capital, but an Australian Stock Exchange listing would have required the owners to give up control (under the ASX "one share, one vote" rule). Austock instead created a structure of separate investor and voting shares for them, and established an exempt market for those shares. The Austock exempt market through its life listed 22 companies and turned over about $500 million. It included initial listings for the SFE Corporation (owner of the Sydney Futures Exchange) and SPC Ardmona, before they moved to the Australian Stock Exchange. The exchange in its present form as a licensed stock exchange was established in August 2004 and commenced trading in January 2005. It retained the trading platform software used by the exempt market. In 2008 the visionary George Wang of AIMS Financial Group (AIMS) acquired the Australian Pacific Exchange Limited and rebranded (APX) as the Asia Pacific Stock Exchange.[7]

About AIMS Financial Group
AIMS Financial Group (AIMS) established in 1991 as a mortgage lender. Over the past twenty years, AIMS has expanded into a diversified non-bank financial services institution, offering mortgage lending, securitization, funds management, and investment banking services. AIMS is officially recognized by the China Industrial Overseas Development and Planning Association, one of the leading industry bodies regulated by the National Development and Reform Commission, as a highly qualified and trusted financial service provider to local businesses.

Requested move
moved. --RegentsPark (talk) 18:12, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
 * current1=Australia Pacific Exchange|new1=Asia Pacific Exchange}}

Australia Pacific Exchange → Asia Pacific Exchange — Exchange's name changed. Chatsphilly (talk) 15:10, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment Any evidence of that?  Skinsmoke (talk) 15:12, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Proof of name change
http://www.apx.com.au/APX/EN/About_APX/ViewNews.aspx?id=22 Chatsphilly (talk) 14:34, 31 May 2010 (UTC)