Oceania Reg Desk

Thursday, 2026-08-13 · covering the last 24h

Australia

ASX confirms CHESS Release 1 is live as FY26 results book the settlement-project's costs. ASX Limited's FY26 results, reported today, show operating revenue up 13.3% to A$1.25bn and underlying NPAT up 5.2% to A$536.4m, but statutory NPAT down 3.5% to A$484.9m after A$51.5m (post-tax) of "significant items" — including the ASIC legal-proceedings penalty and costs from the CHESS-replacement misleading-conduct case, CHESS Replacement Partnership Program expenses, and the loss on the Sympli stake sale. The results confirm CHESS Release 1, the modernised post-trade/settlement platform, is now live; FY27 technology capex guidance is A$180–200m. Motley Fool Australia, on ASX's results (no ASX primary-source announcement URL could be confirmed today; try ASX's own announcements platform for the underlying release)

No update on the Rosherville derivative-action matter (disclosed 12 August) beyond that initial disclosure. No other material developments from ASIC, ASX, Cboe/TMX Australia or the RBA in the last 24 hours; ASIC's CS 59 and CS 60 consultations (submissions close 20–21 August) are otherwise unchanged.

New Zealand

No material new items in the last 24 hours from the FMA or NZX. The MBIE capital-markets-reform consultation (closes 25 August) is unchanged.

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