THE ASX has issued a note stating......>

AUSSIE BONDS: THE ASX has issued a note stating that "due to the declining

interest rate environment, ASX has been investigating the impact of zero and

negative interest rates on all ASX interest rate products (futures and options

over futures) and relevant ASX systems. Market participants and users of ASX's

interest rate products are advised of the availability of external test

environments for customers to test and validate their own systems and processes

where interest rate futures prices are greater than or equal to 100.00. ASX24

currently restricts orders being entered in interest rate futures products where

prices are greater than or equal to 100.00. Interest rate option strike listings

are also currently restricted to under 100.00. These restrictions will continue

to apply until all ASX24 futures vendors and ASX Clear (Futures) Clearing

Participants confirm their readiness for handling zero and negative interest

rates. Customers will be able test in both ASX24 Customer Development

Environments (CDE and CDE+) from Wednesday 10 July 2019 through to 9 August

2019. A separate market notice advising of the removal of restrictions in ASX24

production environments will be released over the coming weeks."