Oceania Reg Desk

Tuesday, 2026-08-25 · covering the last 24h

Australia

ASIC has not yet published an outcome or response paper on CS 59 (proposed replacement of RG 264 Sell-Side Research), which closed for submissions 21 August, or on CS 60 (proposed remake of the low-volume financial markets instrument, raising the threshold from $1.5m to $2.5m), which closed 20 August. CS 59 · CS 60

No material notices from ASX or TMX Australia in the last 24 hours; Treasury's climate-related financial disclosure efficiency consultation (opened 24 August, closing 2 October) remains open with no update. The RBA board did not meet in this window; it held the cash rate at 4.35% on 11 August, with the next Monetary Policy Board meeting not due until late September.

New Zealand

No material new items from the FMA or NZX in the last 24 hours. The MBIE Capital Markets Reform Phase Two consultation closes today, 25 August at 5pm, with no outcome or submission summary published yet. The RBNZ did not meet in this window; the OCR remains at 2.50%, with the next Monetary Policy Statement due 2 September.

Informational only — summaries of public regulatory and central bank sources; not advice.