On 2 July 2026, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) issued a Final Report on its Call for Evidence (CfE) on a comprehensive approach for the simplification of financial transaction reporting
Background
Transaction reporting obligations have expanded over time across multiple EU legislative regimes, most notably MiFIR, EMIR and SFTR
On 26 June 2026, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published Handbook Notice No 142.
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 25 June 2026.
On this date the FCA board made the
On 17 June 2026, the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, AFM) published its Supervisory Review & Evaluation Process (SREP) market overview 2025. The SREP is a periodic survey that investment firms are required to complete, of which the results are used by the AFM to develop
On 12 June 2026, the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) Committee published draft reports containing draft amendments to the European Commission’s (Commission) Market Integration and Supervision (MISP) package.
The MISP package is central to the Commission’s Savings and Investments Union (SIU) strategy, which aims to
On 9 June 2026, the European Parliament issued a press release stating that its negotiators had reached a provisional agreement with Council of the EU negotiators on proposals introducing the concept of small mid-cap enterprises (SMCs) and extending to them various exemptions that so far have been available to small and medium enterprises
On 3 June 2026, The Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Commencement No. 14) Regulations 2026 were made.
These Regulations are the 14th commencement Regulations made under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (the Act).
These Regulations bring into force on 13 July 2026 section 1(1) of the Act so far as it
On 3 June 2026, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a letter that it had sent to the European Commission regarding the prioritisation of its 2026 deliverables. The letter includes an annex setting out deliverables that are deprioritised or postponed in 2026. These include technical standards and guidelines that are being
On 2 June 2026, there was published in the Official Journal of the EU (OJ), Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2026/374 of 20 February 2026 amending Delegated Directive (EU) 2017/593 as regards the conditions for the provision of third-party execution and research services to investment firms that provide portfolio management or other investment or
On 1 June 2026, there was published in the Official Journal of the EU, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/392 of 20 February 2026 amending the regulatory technical standards laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/577 as regards the volume cap and the provision of information for the purposes of transparency and other calculations. The Delegated