Derivative trade repositories licensed to operate in Australia

Listed below are the trade repositories that have been licensed to operate in Australia for the purposes of Part 7.5A of the Corporations Act 2001.

You can download a PDF version of the Australian derivative trade repository (ADTR) licence and other instruments for each facility listed.

We will add to this list when new ADTR licences are approved.

DDRS: Australian public data

Weekly ASIC reports of OTC derivative trades by asset class are now available on the DDRS website.

• View the weekly reports on the DDRS website

ADTR licence application kit

Trade repositories must complete an application form when applying to ASIC for an ADTR licence. The application kit includes a guide to assist in completing the application form, as well as the application form itself.

The application form should be submitted to ASIC at the time of formal application. ASIC encourages the submission of draft applications prior to lodgment of a formal application.

Download the ADTR licence application kit (docx file)

Ongoing ADTR licence obligations

ASIC has made the ASIC Derivative Trade Repository Rules 2013, which sets out the ongoing obligations for derivative trade repositories that hold an ADTR licence.

We have also released Regulatory Guide 249 Derivative trade repositories (RG 249) which gives guidance on how ADTRs can compy with their obligations under the ASIC Derivative Trade Repository Rules 2013, and the licensing and exemption process for ADTRs.

Derivative trade repositories licensed to operate in Australia

ASIC can make derivative transaction rules imposing reporting requirements in relation to information about derivative transactions, or about positions relating to derivative transactions, to be reported to a facility that is (or that is in a class of facilities that is) prescribed by the Corporations Regulations 2001 in relation to a class of derivatives that includes the derivatives to which the transactions relate.

On 25 June 2015, ASIC made a determination (ASIC Prescribed Trade Repositories Determination [15-0591]) prescribing several overseas trade repositories to facilitate the various forms of reporting which allow the use of prescribed repositories. These are:

• DTCC Data Repository (U.S.) LLC
• Derivatives Repository Ltd
• DTCC Data Repository (Japan) KK
• DTCC Data Repository (Singapore) Pte Ltd
• DTCC Data Repository (Ireland) Plc
• UnaVista TRADEcho B.V.
• UnaVista Limited, and
• the Monetary Authority appointed under section 5A of the Exchange Fund Ordinance of Hong Kong.

Read the ASIC Prescribed Trade Repositories Determination [15-0591] (PDF 33 KB)

Read the ASIC Prescribed Trade Repositories Determination [19/325] (PDF 29 KB)