October 2021 - Documentation Release Notes
October 2021 Document Release
The October 2021 documentation release, includes updates to some areas of functionality and messaging from a prior release. Full details are provided below.
Updates to previously published functionality or corrections have been identified in orange on relevant pages. Changes to APG sections will be accompanied by a page history comparison per 1.7 Maintenance and Updates. Deletions, code snippets, hyperlinks, images, name changes, updates to API Contract Catalogues and major updates to pages or tables are not marked in orange.
New Documentation:
Payment Provider Landing Page;
Product Issuer Settlement Participant (PISP) Landing Page; and
Connectivity Guide, including a new section on CSAM Security Details.
Documentation updated:
FIX Connectivity, including supporting information from the AMO Working Group;
AMQP Connectivity, including supporting information from the Software Provider Readiness Working Group;
General amendments, including:
CHESS UI User Guide;
Operational Procedures & Guidelines; and
Known Issues and Limitations, capturing a new observed behaviour.
A full archive of content prior to the October 2021 Documentation Release is available here for reference.
CHESS User Interface
CHESS User Interface Overview (Update) | Updated the CHESS UI Features table for the mFund and workflow (“Four eyes” approval) features from Post-ITE 1 → ITE 1. | |
CHESS UI - mFund Application Order - PISP Management (Update) |
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Operational Procedures & Guidelines
Content Pages (Update) | Updated APG section version to reflect the October 2021 Documentation Release. | |
Section 02 - CHESS overview (Update) | Updated section 2.1 CHESS Concepts and section 2.1.4 Approved Financial Products to clarify references to Approved Market Operators (AMOs). Additional details of this change are available here. | |
Section 03 - Participation in the settlement facility (Update) |
Additional details of this change are available here. | |
Section 04 - Account administration (Update) | Updated to include section 4.7.5 - Changing an Account (HIN)'s Type. This section includes information regarding the ability for both participants and ASX Operations to modify the account type attribute. Additional details of this change are available here. | |
Section 08 - Market trade processing (Update) | Updated section 8.2 Trade Processing and 8.3 Novation to clarify references to Approved Market Operators (AMOs). Additional details of this change are available here. | |
Section 11 - Corporate actions (Update) |
Additional details of this change are available here. | |
Updated to resolve URL inconsistencies resulting in the display of a complete hyperlink as opposed to the page’s name. Additional details of this change are available here. | ||
Updated to resolve URL inconsistencies resulting in the display of a complete hyperlink as opposed to the page’s name. Additional details of this change are available here. |
Functional Specifications
Class Merger Process (Update) | Updated the Holding Adjustment Notification Business Values and Rules table to include applicable annotates regarding the addition of the Issuer to Participant Transfer / Conversion process flow steps outlined in September 2021 - Documentation Release Notes. | |
Reporting Changes (Update) | Updated to include a line item regarding Report Cancellation. In the CSP, reports cannot be cancelled once accepted by the application. | |
Updated the Account Notification Reporting Request business values and rules to separate parameters for Participants and Issuer (Registries). | ||
Cum Entitlement Balance (CEBL) (Update) |
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Demand Statement (DSMT) (Update) | Updated to correct the business value and rule for Report Type from DMST → DSMT. | |
Diary Adjustments Process (Update) | Updated to remove references to Net Broker Obligations (NBO). |
Messaging
Updated: ISO 20022 Messaging - MC - Settlement message collection Updated the annotation for Settlement Transaction Generation Notification (sett_130) to remove the Batch Id. | ||
Updated: FIX Messaging - MC - Logout (Type 5) Updated to tag 1409 (SessionStatus) to include the following additional valid value 3 - New session password does not comply with policy and 4 - Session logout complete. Updated: FIX Messaging - MC - Logon (Type A) The following changes have been made:
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Connectivity
NEW section detailing the Customer Service Account Management (CSAM) application. The CSAM application allows software providers and CHESS users to self-manage their own organisation's service accounts and certificate credentials (machine to machine), used to securely connect to the CSP. | ||
Updated to include a new section, section 1.2 CHESS Replacement System Access Pricing. | ||
Section 03 - Connectivity Overview (Update) | Updated: 3.4 Cross Connect Connectivity Updated section 3.4.2 cross connect connection details to include the following corrections and clarifications:
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Updated section 4.3 FIX Gateway to include further information regarding FIX Password Management. | ||
AMQP Overview (Update) | Major updates based on content covered in the 15 September 2021 - Software Provider Readiness Working Group. Updates also corrects references of IWT → ITE1 including dates and the naming conventions mentioned in the Connectivity Guide. | |
AMQP Architecture (Update) | ||
AMQP Connectivity to the ASX (Update) | ||
AMQP v1.0 Example Clients (Update) |
Implementation Phases
Section 04 - Test Kits for ITE1 (Update) | Updated to include methods on how an account can be hydrated. The Test Kit Type table was amended to reflect an error in publication. Payment providers are not required to test or accredit corporate actions. | |
CDE Known Issues & Limitations (Update) | Updated to include a newly identified overserved behaviour regarding the reporting of archived/historical Settlement Instructions in the Obligation Status Report. |
Approved Market Operator (AMO)
A landing page that groups AMO specific documentation. |
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Payment Provider
A new landing page that groups Payment Provider specific documentation. | NEW page including links to technical documentation relevant to Payment Providers. |
Product Issuer Settlement Participant (PISP)
A new landing page that groups PISP specific documentation. | NEW page including links to technical documentation relevant to PISPs. |
Release Notes
CHESS User by Function (Update) |
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
FAQs - Functional Specification (Update) |
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FAQs - Implementation and Transition (Update) | Updated to include I&T working group 29 September 2021 – webinar questions and answers. | |
FAQs - Software Provider Readiness (Update) | Updated to include SPR working group – 13 October 2021 – webinar questions and answers. |
Other Information & Publications
A page that includes additional resources related to CHESS Replacement. | Updated to include a new section referencing the 29 September 2021 information sheet regarding CHESS Replacement System Access Pricing. |