On 24 March 2025, the Council of the EU issued a press release stating that it had adopted the proposed Regulation amending the Benchmarks Regulation as regards the scope of the rules for benchmarks, the use in the Union of benchmarks provided by an administrator located in a third country, and certain reporting requirements.
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On 24 March 2025, there was published in the Official Journal of the EU (OJ), Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/420 of 16 December 2024 supplementing the Regulation on digital operational resilience for the financial sector (DORA) with regard to regulatory technical standards to specify the criteria for determining the composition of the joint
On 24 March 2025, the following Commission Delegated Regulations supplementing the Regulation on markets in crypto-assets (MiCA) were published in the Official Journal of the EU (OJ):
In this latest podcast of our EMEA regulatory insights series Lucinda McCann from our Sydney office discusses APRA’s recently announced governance review and ASIC’s report ‘Beware the gap: Governance arrangements in the face of AI innovations’.
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We have also published a briefing note on APRA’s governance review.
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On 21 March 2025, the Platform on Sustainable Finance (Platform), an advisory body to the European Commission, published a report on streamlining sustainable finance for SMEs.
SME sustainable finance standard
To address the challenges SMEs face in greening their activities and in accessing sustainable finance, the Platform proposes in the report to develop
On 20 March 2025, the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) launched a new alerts portal to help combat retail investment fraud. The new portal is called I-SCAN. The alerts and warnings included on the portal are provided by IOSCO members on a voluntary basis. The contents of the alerts and warnings
In the second episode of our Global Regulation Tomorrow Plus podcast mini-series exploring the UK’s new Consumer Composite Investments regime, Joe Bamford and Anita Edwards discuss the proposed disclosures that would be required under the new regime – the Product Summary Disclosure and the Core Information Document.
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On 19 March 2025, the European Commission (Commission) adopted its strategy for the savings and investments union (SIU).
More inclusive and citizen-focused
The SIU draws on progress already made under the two Capital Markets Union (CMU) action plans and the parallel efforts to develop the Banking Union. Compared to
In this latest issue of Regulation Around the World we look at some of the key regulatory topics for 2025 in the following jurisdictions: United Kingdom, EU, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Italy, UAE, South Africa, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia and China. We have not attempted to list every single reform expected this year but
On 18 March 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) updated its webpage on the interest rate ‘stress test’ rule – application of MCOB 11.6.18R to note the launch of its call for evidence on MCOB 11.6.18R – Considering the effect of future interest rate rises.
The FCA explains that it is carrying