ASIC Corporations (Significant Financial Benchmarks) Instrument 2018/420

I, Oliver Harvey, delegate of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, make the following legislative instrument.

Date 6 June 2018

Oliver Harvey

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1 Name of legislative instrument

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Definitions

Part 3—Declaration

5 Significant financial benchmarks

Part 1—Preliminary

1 Name of legislative instrument

This is the ASIC Corporations (Significant Financial Benchmarks) Instrument 2018/420.

2 Commencement

This instrument commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.

Note: The register may be accessed at www.legislation.gov.au.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under section 908AC of the Corporations Act 2001.

4 Definitions

In this instrument:

financial benchmark has the meaning given by section 908AB of the Corporations Act 2001.

Part 3—Declaration

5 Significant financial benchmarks

Each of the following financial benchmarks is a significant financial benchmark:

(a) the Australian Bank Bill Swap Rate;

(b) the S&P/ASX 200 Index;

(c) the ASX Bond Futures Settlement Price;

(d) the Australian Interbank Overnight Cash Rate;

(e) the Australian Consumer Price Index.