Regulatory updates from the EBA, ECB, ESMA, FCA, PRA, and other competent authorities, with practical analysis of what changes for reporting teams. Coverage includes EBA framework releases (4.x DPM packages), CRR3 implementation milestones, MiCAR and AML rule developments, sanctions packages, supervisory reporting simplification proposals, CSRD sustainability reporting, and resolution framework changes (CMDI, MREL, SRB consultations). Each article translates the regulator’s announcement into what your firm needs to map, prepare, or change before the deadline. The focus is on banks, fund administrators, payment institutions, CRA-regulated firms, and supervised investment firms across the EU and UK. Use this section to track upcoming compliance deadlines and consultation responses.
On 28 August 2026 the EFRAG Secretariat published the 2026 Draft List of ESRS datapoints together with an Explanatory Note. EFRAG also said that a draft XBRL taxonomy had been prepared in parallel and would be published separately for public consultation. The list rebuilds the full inventory of sustainability datapoints against the revised European Sustainability…
On 6 May 2026 the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) opened a consultation that would rewrite parts of two documents every central counterparty already works to: the 2017 CCP resilience guidance and the 2015 public quantitative disclosure standards. The CPMI-IOSCO initial margin package folds six…
On 27 August 2026 the CSSF published Circular 26/915, and it applies with immediate effect. Circular CSSF 26/915 updates the Luxembourg ICT and outsourcing circular framework following the European Commission position on DORA’s applicability to third-country branches. It removes the TCB categories within the CSSF’s remit from the relevant pre-DORA circular provisions and maps them…
On 27 August 2026 the CSSF issued Circular CSSF 26/915, applicable with immediate effect, to bring specified third-country branches into the CSSF circular framework for DORA. For Luxembourg purposes, the governing scope is the branch perimeter set out in Circular CSSF 26/915 and in each amended circular; the change is not a blanket head-office-only test…
On 25 August 2026 the CSSF refreshed the CSSF fund notification forms that Luxembourg investment fund managers use to tell the regulator which non-authorised funds they run. The initial and update templates for UCITS and for AIFs, in both a with-compartments and a without-compartments version, now carry a 25 August 2026 revision date on the…
On 17 September 2025 the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced that they had exchanged a Memorandum of Understanding on banking supervisory cooperation. The two authorities describe the HKMA-MAS banking supervision MoU as strengthening supervisory cooperation and facilitating the exchange of information and mutual assistance for supervisory purposes,…
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has admitted it breached its accountability obligations under the Banking Executive Accountability Regime (BEAR), and on 10 August 2026 the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) filed civil penalty proceedings against it in the Federal Court. The parties have jointly proposed that the bank pay an $8 million pecuniary penalty, subject to…
On 6 August 2026 the Financial Stability Board published the public responses to its consultation on Sound Practices for Responsible Adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The FSB AI sound practices were put out for comment on 10 June 2026, the comment window closed on 22 July 2026, and the FSB now says it expects to…
When a UK issuer prices a new residential mortgage-backed security or a credit-card asset-backed security this autumn, one decision is taken long before the roadshow: whether the senior notes will meet Bank of England collateral eligibility. A security that qualifies as Level B collateral may be used in SMF facilities that accept Level B, subject…
Since 29 July 2026, BaFin has had an additional market-surveillance mandate for AI systems placed on the market, put into service or used by entities listed in section 2(3) KI-MIG where the system is directly connected with a regulated financial activity. This mandate sits alongside existing prudential and conduct supervision. BaFin may exercise the market-surveillance…