Source: Reserve Bank of New Zealand Te Pūtea Matua
28 August 2026
Please find details below of upcoming Reserve Bank of New Zealand speaking engagements.
KangaNews New Zealand Debt Capital Market Summit 2026
9 September 2026
Assistant Governor Money Karen Silk will deliver a keynote address at the KangaNews New Zealand Debt Capital Market Summit in Auckland. The speech will explore the growing role of the repo market in supporting liquidity, monetary policy implementation, and resilient capital markets.
The speech will be published on our website at 11.40am on 9 September 2026.
For more information about the event, see: 2026 New Zealand Debt Capital Market Summit
International Operational Risk Working Group (IORWG) Conference
17 September 2026
Chief Risk Officer Greg Nesbitt will speak on a panel about strategic risk and operational risk interdependency at the 20th Annual International Operational Risk Working Group (IORWG) Conference.
The panel will discuss how strategic risk is defined within their central banks and how it is integrated into their frameworks, how operational risks can become strategic threats, how risk functions can support better strategic decisions with strong governance, and how strategic decisions need to consider operational risk implications.
No speaking notes will be published.
For more information about IORWG, see: International Operational Risk Working Group
Institute of Financial Professionals New Zealand – The Future of Banking
17 September 2026
Angus McGregor, Assistant Governor Financial Stability, will deliver an evening speech on insights and observations from the Future of Banking study carried out by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.
This will include trends and forces shaping the future of banking, and a range of plausible scenarios for how the sector could develop and what it might look like over the coming decade. The speech will explore the opportunities, challenges and risks these changes may create for the sector, consumers, policymakers, and the wider financial system.
The full study and a summary will be published on our website at 12pm on 17 September 2026. The speech will be published on our website at 8am on 18 September 2026.
For more details about the event, see: All Our Events | Institute of Finance Professionals New Zealand Inc (INFINZ)
Speaking engagements recap
- A list of RBNZ speaking engagements undertaken in August 2026 is available through the Reserve Bank’s speaking and engagement programme.
More information
- This list of speaking engagements may be updated. For an up-to-date list, please refer to: Reserve Bank speaking and engagement programme
- A list of September 2026 post-MPS media and speaking engagements will be published separately on our website on 31 August 2026.