The latest announcements relating to site upgrades and new features, as well as topical market and regulatory news. Older articles are archived as newer ones are posted.

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2025

17 JUN

Scheduled Website Maintenance: Saturday 28 June 2025

The trading website will be unavailable on Saturday, 28 June 2025 between 11:00am and 7:00pm (Sydney time), whilst we perform scheduled maintenance.

16 JUN

Changes to the ASX Opening and Closing Phases

Please note the following changes introduced by the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) as part of Service Release 15 (SR15) will take effect on Monday, 23 June 2025.

16 JUN

Changes to the Share Trading Terms and Conditions (T&Cs) effective Monday 23 June 2025.

Effective Monday 23 June 2025, the following change will be made to the Share Trading Terms and Conditions (T&Cs).

13 JUN

Global Markets Customers: All U.S. Stock Markets Closed 19 June 2025

All U.S. Stock Markets will be closed on Thursday, 19 June 2025 for Juneteenth National Independence Day.

26 MAR

Update: Delays to Estimated Settlement calculations

Please be aware that due to the technology upgrade scheduled for the weekend of Friday 28 March, there will be some delays to the information used by the Estimated Settlements calculator on the website on Monday 31 March and Tuesday 1 April.

18 MAR

Updates to the Best Execution Policy effective 17 March 2025

We have updated our Best Execution Policy, which is now available on our website.

17 MAR

Cboe Australia enhancements

Please note that Cboe Australia has introduced enhancements affecting instruments which trade on their exchange.

28 FEB

Changes to the Westpac Share Trading Terms and Conditions (T&Cs), AUSIEX Financial Services Guide (FSG) and Exchange Traded Options Product Disclosure Statement (ETO PDS), US Exchange Traded Options Product Disclosure Statement (US ETO PDS) effective Monday 31 March 2025.

Effective Monday 31 March 2025, the following changes will be made.

2024

15 OCT

Protect yourself against scams, fraud and cyber attacks

At Westpac Share Trading, the security of your data is of paramount importance.

11 OCT

Updates to the Global Markets Trading Terms and Conditions 18 October 2024

Effective Friday 18 October 2024, the following changes will be made to the Global Markets Trading Terms and Conditions.

12 AUG

Updates to the Financial Services Guide (FSG) effective 10 August 2024

The following changes have been made to the Financial Services Guide (FSG) effective 10 August 2024.

29 JUL

Unlock the Best Ideas with Sandstone Insights’ Monthly Videos

Westpac Share Trading has teamed up with Sandstone Insights, part of MST Financial, to provide you with access to high quality research and insights.