Global Regulation Tomorrow

On 18 September 2026, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published its Final Report on guidelines on the sound management of third-party risk regarding non-ICT services. The Final Report sets out the EBA's response to feedback on its earlier consultation, together with the final text of the guidelines. The

On 29 September 2026, the European Commission (Commission) launched a targeted consultation on fair access to financial services for cancer survivors.

Background

Europe’s beating cancer plan was adopted on 3 February 2021. It is an initiative that aims to tackle various aspects of cancer, including improving access to

On 28 September 2026, the Financial Markets Standards Board (FMSB) issued version 2 of its Standard for Sharing of Standard Settlement Instructions (SSIs). The Standard establishes certain expected practices for the sharing of SSIs between market participants. However, it does not apply to firms’ management of

Background

On 21 September 2026, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its findings (MS24/1.5) from its market study into the distribution of pure protection products to individual retail customers (the Final Report).

Launched in March 2025, the market study examined issues identified across the following

On 28 September 2026, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) announced that it had remade six legislative instruments that provide relief around managed investment schemes including ASIC Corporations (Attribution Managed Investment Trusts) Instrument 2026/726. The instruments that were made were expiring on 1 October 2026. Earlier this

On 28 September 2026, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) issued a report regarding its contribution to simplification and burden reduction. The key message in the report is that ESMA is turning simplification and burden reduction into a core regulatory and supervisory objective.

The report provides a

On 28 September 2026, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its work programme for 2027. The work programme sets out ESMA’s strategic priorities and provides a list of the key workstreams for the upcoming year.

The work programme is set around five strategic priorities and

On 22 September 2026, the Capital Requirements Implementation Act 2026 (Implementatiewet Kapitaalvereisten 2026) entered into force, implementing the sixth Capital Requirements Directive (Directive (EU) 2024/1619, CRD VI) into Dutch law. The Implementation Act follows the Capital Requirements Regulation III (Regulation (EU) 2024/1623, CRR III), which

On 25 September 2026, the European Banking Authority (EBA) issued a consultation paper on draft Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on conditions of application of the joint decision process for institution-specific prudential requirements under Article 113 of the Capital Requirements Directive IV (CRD IV).

Background

On 25 September 2026, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published Handbook Notice 144.

This Handbook Notice describes the changes to the FCA Handbook and other material made by the FCA Board and the FCA’s Executive Regulation and Policy Committee (ERPC) under their legislative and other

This podcast mini-series on the ‘UK Asset Management Framework Reforms’ examines the FCA’s highly anticipated consultation papers published on 14 July 2026, setting out a proposed package of reforms intended to tailor requirements more proportionately for asset managers. This podcast in the series focuses on chapter 6 of CP26/28 which covers

This podcast mini-series on the ‘UK Asset Management Framework Reforms’ examines the FCA’s highly anticipated consultation papers published on 14 July 2026, setting out a proposed package of reforms intended to tailor requirements more proportionately for asset managers. This podcast in the series focuses on chapter 7 of CP26/28 which

On 24 September 2026, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published a Call for Technical Advice to the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs).

In this Call for Technical Advice, the Directorate General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union (DG FISMA) of the European Commission invites

On 24 September 2026, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published its response to the European Commission’s (Commission) targeted consultation on the review of the Regulation on Markets in Crypto-assets (MiCA). Among other things the EBA assesses that the existing MiCA requirements for issuers of

The legislative review of the Market Integration and Supervision Package (MISP) is progressing in the Council. NRF understands that, at the beginning of September, the Irish Presidency of the Council circulated a first full round of proposed amendments to the European Commission legislative proposal published on 4 December

On 23 September 2026, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its findings following a multi-firm review into money mule activity.

Background

The FCA’s findings are based on its:

• Survey of financial services firms on suspected money mule activity.
• Analysis of how fraud proceeds move through the financial system.

As of 1 October 2026, the Dutch Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank, DNB) will change its policy on the reappointment of policymakers at financial institutions. From that date, such reappointments will no longer need to be reported using the specific form in DNB’s online portal. This change

On 22 September 2026, there was published in the Official Journal of the EU, a Corrigendum to Directive (EU) 2023/2225 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 October 2023 on credit agreements for consumers and repealing Directive 2008/48/EC.

On 22 September 2026, the Bank of England (BoE) issued a consultation paper on its fees regime for recognised payment systems and specified service providers supervision 2026/27.

The consultation paper is relevant to operators of recognised payment systems and specified service providers that currently pay financial market infrastructure

On 22 September 2026, the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance published its response to the European Commission (Commission) Consultation on the Taxonomy Disclosures Delegated Act.

Background

On 4 March 2026, the Commission sent the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) a call for technical advice to inform the