Oceania Reg Desk
Thursday, 2026-10-15 · covering the last 24h
Australia
No material ASIC, ASX or RBA (FMI) developments in the last 24 hours. Checked individually: ASIC news centre and media-release listings (no release found dated 13–15 October), the RBA media-release index (most recent FMI item remains the September 2026 Financial Stability Standards assessment of ASX), ASX market notices and the ASX Market Announcements Platform, Cboe Australia compliance/market-operations notices (none since April 2026), and Treasury's markets-related consultation list.
Still open, unchanged: ASIC's consultation (CS 63) on updated RG 265/RG 266 guidance and withdrawal of RG 241 — submissions close 5 November 2026.
Still pending — approaching effective date: no ASX Market Notice confirming completion of the statutory process for the Listing Rule 7.2 Exceptions 6 and 7 amendments (S&P/ASX 300 bidders issuing 25%+ of capital in a takeover/scheme) has been located, despite a targeted search. Secondary commentary from August 2026 still describes the 25% cap as a proposal rather than a finalised rule. With the amendments due to take effect 21 October 2026, this is worth a closer check in the next edition or two if no notice has surfaced by then. No primary ASX notice could be verified today, so no link is given.
New Zealand
No material FMA, NZX or RBNZ (FMI) developments in the last 24 hours. Checked individually: the FMA's consultation listing (nothing new; a custody-of-client-assets review has been flagged on the FMA site for some time but no current open/closing date could be confirmed), the NZX upcoming and past rules-and-guidance pages (the client-asset Participant Rules changes that took effect Monday 12 October remain the most recent item, already reported as settled), and the RBNZ consultations page (no new financial-market-infrastructure or prudential-standards consultation found; the RBNZ's most recent consultation activity, on deposit-taker standards, falls outside this desk's FMI/markets scope).
Informational only — summaries of public regulatory and central bank sources; not advice.