On 12 October 2026, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) issued two additional thematic notes on sustainability-related claims. The additional notes cover impact claims and climate transition claims.
Background
The thematic notes do not create new regulatory requirements…
On 9 October 2026, the European Banking Authority (EBA) issued a Final Report on draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) on amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/390 supplementing the Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) on prudential requirements for central securities depositories…
On 9 October 2026, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) issued a Call for Evidence on central counterparty (CCP) collateral tokenisation.
Background
The Call for Evidence seeks to gather evidence on the legal, market, operational and infrastructure issues raised…
On 12 October 2026, the Council of the EU issued a note setting out the opening positions of the three EU institutions on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2088…
On 12 October 2026, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its multi-firm review of governance arrangements at benchmark administrators.
Background
The FCA sets out that the review forms the final stage of supervisory work arising from risks identified in the…
The Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, AFM) and the Dutch Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank, DNB) issued a report on tokenisation of securities in the Netherlands. While European and Dutch law do not prohibit the use…
From 2030, master trusts and group personal pensions will generally need a main scale default arrangement holding at least £25 billion in assets under management to continue receiving automatic enrolment contributions. Our briefing explains how the new scale requirements are…
Our podcast mini-series on ‘Crypto under the FCA’ examines the FCA’s highly anticipated policy statements published on June 30, 2026, which collectively shape the new regulatory regime for cryptoassets in the United Kingdom. In this episode we unpack the authorisation process…
On 9 October 2026, the Economic and Financial Affairs (ECOFIN) Council agreed on the key elements of the Market Integration and Supervision (MISP) package. The adoption of the negotiating position follows nine months of negotiations between Member States on possible…
On 8 October 2026, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a blog on how strong compliance functions can support trusted corporate finance markets, this follows on from a survey the FCA had conducted, which it considers found encouraging practice across…
