On 28 January 2026, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its first enforcement newsletter – Enforcement Watch 1 – which aims to cover the FCA’s insights and themes from its enforcement work as part of the FCA’s move towards greater transparency in this area.
The newsletter provides an update on the following three
On 30 January 2026, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued Handbook Notice No. 137.
This Handbook Notice describes the changes to the FCA Handbook and other material made by the FCA Board under their legislative and other statutory powers on 29 January 2026.
On this date, the FCA Board approved the Collective
On 30 January 2026, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a consultation paper setting out proposals to evolve its rules in relation to listed companies’ sustainability disclosures (CP26/5).
Background
The FCA highlight in CP26/5 that there are already rules for listed companies’ sustainability disclosures that are aligned with the Task Force
On 28 January 20206, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a webpage with the official translations of its guidelines setting out the criteria to assess knowledge and competence under the Regulation on markets in cryptoassets ((EU) 2023/1114) (MiCA), the final report on which was published in July 2025.
Summary
On 29 December 2026, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published a draft of its 2027-2029 Single Programming Document (SPD), which sets out the EBA’s planning of activities and corresponding resource requirements at a three-year horizon.
The EBA explains in the SPD that it will be focusing on three priorities in 2027-2029
On 29 January 2026, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published a consultation on draft amendments to its guidelines (EBA/GL/2020/13) on the appropriate subsets of sectoral exposures to which competent or designated authorities may apply a systemic risk buffer, with the aim of addressing systemic risks stemming from climate change.
The revised
This episode of Global Regulation Tomorrow Plus is the first in our new mini-series on artificial intelligence in financial services. We discuss the Treasury Committee’s landmark report on AI in UK financial services, published on 22 January 2026.
Listen to this episode here.
On 28 January 2026, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) announced that it is inviting feedback on a proposal to extend existing relief for superannuation trustees from certain application form and cooling-off period requirements during intra-fund transfers.
Current relief and sunsetting
ASIC Corporations (Superannuation: Accrued Default Amount and Intra-Fund Transfers) Instrument 2016/64
On 27 January 2026, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) published its Key Issues Outlook 2026 (2026 Outlook).
Overview
ASIC is tracking significant shifts across Australia’s financial system as pressures on consumers, markets, and businesses intensify. The regulator has identified various system-wide forces that cut across all sectors it regulates