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This site contains a variety of copyright material, which is the intellectual property of individuals, Universities, SIRCA and SIRCA partners. All copyright in the material on this site remains the property of the owners and no material may be copied or further disseminated without the express and written permission of the owner of the copyright.

Permission is not given for any commercial use or sale of any material on this web site.

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Whilst SIRCA endeavours to ensure that the data contained on the site is correct, no warranty, either express or implied is given as to its accuracy and SIRCA does not accept any liability for any errors or omissions contained within any of the data or related information. In addition SIRCA will not be liable for any damages (including but not limited to damages for loss of business or loss or profits) arising from accessing the site, the inability to access the site or the inability to access any of the data contained within the site.

Privacy Policy

SIRCA abides by the National Privacy Principles (NPPs) that are contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Privacy Act) and govern how SIRCA handles personal information.

SIRCA understands that privacy is important to you in your dealings with SIRCA. For full details on SIRCA's approach to protecting the privacy of clients, colleagues and business contacts, please read our Privacy Policy.

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Your use of this site, the data contained within this site, the data referred to on this site which is downloaded for your use by SIRCA and the project results, reports or publications arising from the use of the data available on this site are subject to the following terms and conditions:

  1. Researchers who receive data must use it for academic research purposes only. Data is not to be used for any commercial purpose nor is any data received or obtained from SIRCA to be on sold or otherwise provided to a third party. Any proposal to commercialise any of the results of the academic research that use SIRCA data must be approved by SIRCA and/or the providers of the data prior to commencing any commercialisation activity.
  2. Members who obtain or receive this data must establish internal security procedures to prevent any unauthorised access to the data. It is recommended that data stored on central systems be subject to encryption.
  3. Members will be responsible for ensuring that any students, staff etc given access to the data for the sole purpose of the Project keep the data confidential.
  4. Data provided by SIRCA for a particular Project is not to be used for any other project or purpose without the prior approval of SIRCA.
  5. All reports, papers or Project outcomes, which make use of Confidential Data, are to be submitted to SIRCA at least 50 days prior to publication. SIRCA will notify both the Member and the author of any amendments, which need to be made pursuant to the obligations agreed to by both parties at the time that the Project was approved. This provision is designed to ensure that any reports do not disclose any sensitive or Confidential Data.
  6. Should the project outcome be greater than 10 pages in length, an Executive Summary must be provided to SIRCA along with the Project Outcome.
  7. Acknowledgement: Please acknowledge the use of SIRCA data in all research papers and reports as follows. "Data supplied by Securities Industry Research Centre of Asia-Pacific (SIRCA) on behalf of XXX (data provider eg. ASX, Reuters, SFE, Aspect Financial, NZSE)."
  8. Copies of any reports, papers or any other Project outcomes are to be provided to SIRCA within 10 days of completion of the Project. Including but not limited to any interim results from the Project.
  9. SIRCA will be given joint publication rights for all reports, papers and Project Outcomes, [regardless of whether the author or the relevant Member intends to publish]. In addition you consent to SIRCA making any reports, papers or Project Outcomes publically available. SIRCA intends to compile such papers, reports or Project Outcomes into a database, which will be capable of being publically accessed.
  10. All reports, papers or Project outcomes whether intended for publication or not are required to acknowledge SIRCA and the relevant data provider for example, the Australian Stock Exchange Limited, The SFE Corporation Limited, Reuters Limited.
  11. The content of this site, including all information such as text, graphics, tables, images or other material (“Material”) is protected by Australian and international copyright law.
  12. SIRCA makes no representations about the accuracy, reliability, completeness or quality of the Material. The Material may contain errors, omissions or any other such errors. As such the use of the site and any data contained within it are at the users own risk.
  13. SIRCA, nor any third parties contributing to the data provided on the site, will not be liable for any loss or damage whatsoever, (including without limitation, incidental and consequential damages) resulting from the use or access of or inability to use and access the site and any of the Material contained within it.
  14. The user indemnifies SIRCA against all losses and liabilities incurred by SIRCA, and all legal costs and other expenses incurred by SIRCA in connection with a demand, action or other proceeding arising as a result or a breach of any of the Terms and Conditions.
  15. These Terms and Conditions may be amended or updated from time to time.
  16. The Terms and Conditions are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of New South Wales and as such any user irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of New South Wales.

For the purposes of the Terms and Conditions, the term “Project” is a reference to the Project outlined in the Data Consult Form. For the purpose of the Terms and Conditions, the term “Confidential Data” is a reference to “data which includes but is not limited to all SIRCA data, software products, research, information and materials whether provided verbally, in electronic form, in writing or such other form by SIRCA, development, trade secrets and/or business affairs of SIRCA, its employees, customers, subsidiaries, affiliates and agents.”

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