On 23 March 2026, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) issued a consultation on the implementation of the Retirement Reporting Framework (the Framework).
Background
In November 2024, the Government announced a package of reforms in response to feedback on the superannuation in retirement consultation. This included the introduction of a new reporting
On 23 March 2026, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (Basel Committee) issued a document containing a technical amendment on the standardised approach to operational risk.
In June 2025, the Basel Committee issued a proposed technical amendment for consultation related to the standardised approach to operational risk. The technical amendment sought to clarify
On 23 March 2026, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a statement which highlights risks when dealing with unregulated lenders.
Summary
The FCA set out that it is reminding regulated firms that they need to undertake proper checks when dealing with unregulated lenders, safe custody providers, money brokers and financial leasing companies, also
On 23 March 2026, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published information and examples of good and poor practice for firms designing consumer segments for targeted support.
Background
The FCA published its policy statement on targeted support in February 2025 and also stated that it would publish further detail to support firms in making
On March 12, 2026, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission took two significant actions furthering the development of a regulatory framework for prediction markets. First, the CFTC issued a staff advisory outlining current regulatory expectations for listing and trading event contracts on prediction markets. Second, the CFTC published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking, signaling the
BaFin has announced immediate changes to its administrative practice for attributing and disclosing voting rights. Although this change might lead to greater certainty for ESG collaborative engagement firms will still need to consider the implications for their ESG collaboration among institutional investors and review their internal policies and procedures.
By way of background, institutional
On 20 March 2026, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published the terms of reference for its market study into later life mortgages.
Background
The FCA explained that it’s launching a market study to examine whether change is needed to enable the lifetime and retirement interest only mortgage sector to meet consumers’ changing needs.
On 19 March 2026, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its Regulatory Priorities reports in relation to: (i) wholesale markets, and (ii) wholesale buy-side priorities.
Overview
The FCA is introducing 9 annual Regulatory Priorities reports to replace its portfolio letters. So far, the FCA has published Regulatory Priorities reports for insurance, consumer
On 19 March 2026, the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) issued a consultation report inviting comments on proposed good practices intended to support the implementation of IOSCO’s Principles for the Regulation and Supervision of Commodity Derivatives Markets (the Principles). Specifically, the consultation report is focussing on strengthening Principles 12 (authority to