Dear ASX: hire some more people?
With international exchanges circling Australia, the ASX's best defence is winning the loyalty of its listed companies. Three ideas it could implement now, starting with hiring more people to look after them.
Ben Williamson
4 December 2025 · 4 min read
It's been an eventful week for the ASX! Unfortunately another technical issue, which no doubt resulted in a lot of internal, and external, meetings and head scratching.
Meanwhile, CBOE is selling their freshly-upgraded Australian exchange, and several international buyers including exchanges from New Zealand, Canada, and Singapore are circling with interest.
And recently, the National Stock Exchange was bought by the Canadians who built the CSE into a genuine challenger to the TSX with more than 700 listings. If they can do that in Canada, you can see why they view Australia as an opportunity. Weeks like this probably add to it.
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