proportionality

  • FSB Modernisation Principles: Principle 8 and the Reporting Burden

    On 14 October 2026 the Financial Stability Board (FSB) opened consultation on eight FSB modernisation principles, published as the consultation report Regulatory and Supervisory Modernisation Principles and addressed to the financial authorities of its member jurisdictions. Responses are due by Friday 8 January 2027, and the FSB says the final report will follow in the…

  • FINMA Small Banks Regime: Where Proportionality Stops

    Speaking at the Small Bank Symposium in Bern on 7 September 2026, FINMA’s chief executive set out to answer a complaint the supervisor keeps hearing: that Switzerland’s small institutions are watched too closely while the large banks are left alone. His defence rested on the FINMA small banks regime, the voluntary framework that has run…