International Women’s Day (8 March 2021). Board Member of UN Women Australia, Vy Pham, rang the bell on behalf of UN Women and the SSX in recognition of the critical role required to promote gender equality, in particular in leadership. SSX became a Silver Sponsor of Asian Leadership Project The Sydney Stock Exchange became one of the Silver Sponsors of this year's Asian Leadership Project’s National Conference. SSX support companies who have a strategic and operational focus on of diversity & good governance through our recently established ESG Category Board for qualifying companies. SSX & Quant Edge Sign Strategic Partnership On 11 May 2021 Quant Edge signed a Strategic Agreement with Sydney Stock Exchange to recognises Quant Edge's Equix products now facilitate easy access to trade the SSX Market, through Mobile, Tablet Apps and Desktop Computers from anywhere in the world. Sydney Stock Exchange becomes Silver Sponsor of the Sydney Mining Club SSX are proud to support the Mining Sector and delighted come on board as Silver Sponsors of the Sydney Mining Club (SMC). The SMC are an inclusive community of over 2,300 members who meet on the first Thursday of every month (excluding January) with alternate Lunchtime Forum and Leading Edge evening events. See More More recent activities can be found at SSX website under News. Markets Supervision The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)is the regulatory body of Australian Financial market operators (such as SSX) and Australian Financial Services Licensees (such as stockbrokers) . ASIC is responsible for the supervision of real-time trading on SSX through ASIC Market Integrity Rules 2017, for enforcing the laws against listed companies and stockbrokers on the SSX market pursuant to Corporations Act and other regulatory regime. SSX has market supervision procedures and policies in place to ensure it fulfil its obligation to ensure a fair, orderly and transparent market is maintained at all times. Our Supervision Department monitors and enforces compliance with our Listing Rules and Business Rules by Listees and Market Participants of the SSX market. SSX has the right to waive compliance with its Listing Rules or Business Rules. An important aspect of the SSX framework is its ability to update its supervisory practices quickly and efficiently to adapt to changing market and compliance environments. SSX has arrangements in place to identify and deal with conflicts between the commercial interests of SSX and its obligation to do all things reasonably