Treasurer Josh Frydenberg moves to permanently 'water down' ASX continuous disclosure rules Posted WedWednesday 17 updated ThuThursday 18 Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg was quizzed about the changes at a Parliament House press conference. ( Share Print text only Cancel Much of the news you see reported in the financial press comes from company announcements to the stock exchange. Key points: The government will move legislation to permanently relax disclosure obligations on ASX-listed companies and their directors Experts say the changes will make it harder to run shareholder class actions and may lead to an increase in insider trading Labor says it will try and convince Senate cross-benchers to join it in opposing the change