ASIC website
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) enforces and regulates company and financial services laws to protect consumers, investors and creditors. See also The laws ASIC administers.  

Australian Accounting Standards Board website (AASB) 

Australian Institute of Company Directors
The Australian Institute of Company Directors is Australia's membership institute for directors.

Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) is the prudential regulator of the Australian financial services industry. It oversees banks, credit unions, building societies, general insurance and reinsurance companies, life insurance, friendly societies, and most members of the superannuation industry.  

Australian Securities Exchange
ASX group was created through the merger of the Australian Stock Exchange and the Sydney Futures Exchange. It is one of the world's top 10 listed exchange groups, measured by its market capitalisation. ASX group operates under the brand, Australian Securities Exchange.

Chicago Board of Trade      
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (NYSE/Nasdaq: CME) and CBOT Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: BOT) have completed the merger of their companies. They now fomr the CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse exchange.

Corporations Law
Corporations Law repealed and replaced by Corporations Act 2001.

Finance and Treasury Association
The Finance and Treasury Association is a non-profit association for professionals working across all aspects of treasury and financial risk management.

Finsia
The Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Finsia) is the new face of the Securities Institute of Australia and the Australasian Institute of Banking and Finance (AIBF).

Guide to Financial Risk Management
Information about a guide endorsed by the FTA (Finance and Treasury Association).

London Metal Exchange
The London Metal Exchange offers futures and options contracts for aluminium, copper, tin, nickel, zinc and lead plus two regional aluminium alloy contracts.

Institute of Chief Risk Officers

New York Mercantile Exchange
The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. is the world's largest physical commodity futures exchange and the preeminent trading forum for energy and precious metals.

Professional Risk Managers International Association    
The Professional Risk Managers International Association (PRMIA) is a non-profit professional association offering resources to its members.

Risk News
News and information on derivatives finance and risk management.

Standard and Poor's Australia and New Zealand
Standard & Poor's is a leading provider of financial market intelligence.

United States Securities and Exchange Commission
The mission of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitate capital formation.

Articles and online resources

Is Sarbanes-Oxley compromising internal audit?
Internal auditors at many companies have been so consumed by the legislation that traditional priorities are falling by the wayside. But some organisations are finding ways to balance the function's ongoing compliance responsibilities with a renewed focus on strategic and operational risks.

Disclosure controls: are you ready? (PDF - 505 KB)