Reserve Bank of Australia

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    Enforcement

    ASX Outlines CHESS Resourcing Plan in Response to RBA Rebuke

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 02/05/2025

    ASX has committed to a series of actions to further strengthen its resourcing arrangements for the maintenance and support of CHESS.

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    Fintech / Regtech

    Australia Developing Standard Instruction Format for NPP Payments

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 29/04/2025

    AP+ has provided an update on its work to facilitate the migration from the BECS, which is being decommissioned, to the NPP.

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    Enforcement

    ASX Listings Supervision Under Fire, Adding to Regulatory Scrutiny

    By Thisanka Siripala | 24/04/2025

    ASX approved a share issuance by a building products manufacturer to fund a major acquisition without requiring the company to take a shareholder vote.

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    Enforcement

    RBA “Lost Confidence” in ASX Months Before December Outage – Report

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 10/04/2025

    The RBA had warned ASX in a September 2024 confidential that it had lost confidence in the exchange’s ability to manage its operations and risks.

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    Enforcement

    Time to Get Serious About Culture Risk Governance & Supervision

    By Stephen Scott | 08/04/2025

    More than five years after the Hayne Royal Commission, Australians are grappling with twin crises at ANZ and ASX, writes Stephen Scott.

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    Capital / Liquidity

    RBA Adjusts Configuration of Open Market Operations

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 03/04/2025

    The changes will provide more of an incentive for banks to recycle reserves in private markets, reducing reliance on OMO for liquidity.

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    Capital / Liquidity

    RBA Urges Banks to Utilise Overnight Facility for Liquidity

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 02/04/2025

    Banks are encouraged to use the RBA’s overnight standing facility if they cannot find liquidity on suitable terms in private markets or via weekly OMOs.

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    Enforcement

    RBA, ASIC Take “Unprecedented” Action over ASX CHESS Outage

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 31/03/2025

    ASX is ordered to engage an independent expert to undertake a technical review of its core technology infrastructure.

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    Market Infrastructure

    Australian Regulators Keep Door Open for Bond, Repo CCP

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 27/03/2025

    The CFR said regulatory intervention is not yet needed but it supports the industry exploring the introduction of central clearing in the Australian bond and repo markets.

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    Fintech / Regtech

    AusPayNet Launches Industry Code for e-Conveyancing Payments

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 27/03/2025

    AusPayNet says the new industry code will enhance security, standardise and provide efficiency to e-conveyancing payments.

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