Oceania Reg Desk

Wednesday, 2026-08-19 · covering the last 24h

Australia

No material new ASIC, ASX, Cboe Australia or RBA items in the last 24 hours. The Rosherville derivative-action matter and the CS 59/CS 60 consultations (closing 20–21 August) remain open with no update. The RBA board did not meet in this window; it held the cash rate at 4.35% (unanimous) on 11 August, with its next meeting roughly six weeks out.

New Zealand

No material new items from the FMA or NZX. The RBNZ did not meet in this window; the OCR remains at 2.50%, with the next Monetary Policy Statement due 2 September. The MBIE capital-markets-reform consultation remains open, closing 25 August.

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