Oceania Reg Desk

Monday, 2026-08-31 · covering the last 72h

Australia

No material ASIC, ASX, Cboe Australia or Treasury market-structure items over the weekend. No new RBA monetary-policy communications — the cash rate stays on hold at 4.35%, with the next Monetary Policy Board meeting 28–29 September. CS 59 (RG 264 sell-side research, comment period closed 21 August) and CS 60 (low-volume financial markets instrument remake) remain open with no outcomes published.

New Zealand

No material FMA or NZX items in the window. The RBNZ did not meet in the window; the OCR remains at 2.50%, with the next Monetary Policy Statement due 2 September. MBIE's Capital Markets Reform Phase Two consultation, which closed 25 August, still has no submissions summary or outcome published.

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