
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority has published an update on its regulatory simplification strategy, detailing completed measures and future plans to streamline rules across Europe’s insurance and occupational pensions sectors. The initiative aims to reduce administrative complexity while maintaining financial stability, consumer protection standards, and supervisory oversight. Key…

The Brazilian Securities Commission (CVM) has published a status update on Initiative 2 of its Sustainable Finance Action Plan (PAFS 2025–2026), focusing on thematic supervision of corporate sustainability disclosures governed by CBPS 01 and CBPS 02 standards. Supervision Framework and Implementation Status Initiative 2 establishes thematic supervision for sustainability-related disclosures…

The European Banking Authority has published its Risk Dashboard for the second quarter of 2026, confirming that banks across the European Union and European Economic Area maintain strong capital and liquidity positions alongside solid profitability, despite persistent macroeconomic and geopolitical risks. Capital buffers and liquidity positions remain firm Supervisory reporting…

The European Financial Reporting Advisory Group has written to the European Commission recommending a delay to the review of the IFRS 17 annual cohort exemption. EFRAG advises holding the regulatory review until the International Accounting Standards Board completes its own post-implementation assessment. Timeline Mismatch Between EU Review and IASB Process…

EFRAG and the Sustainability Standards Board of Japan met in Brussels on 25 September 2026 to hold a joint outreach event on the ESRS-40a Exposure Draft and conduct bilateral discussions on sustainability reporting alignment. Joint Outreach on European Sustainability Reporting Standards Representatives from EFRAG and the Sustainability Standards Board of…

The European Banking Authority has published its response to the European Commission consultation on reviewing the Regulation on Markets in Crypto-assets. The authority calls for regulatory updates to address emerging risks in multi-issuer stablecoin schemes, crypto-asset lending, and decentralised finance while seeking clearer scope definitions. Addressing Risks in Multi-Issuer Schemes…

The European Supervisory Authorities, comprising the EBA, EIOPA, and ESMA, have released their Autumn 2026 risk update, highlighting external dependencies, emerging technologies, and private credit as principal vulnerabilities facing the European Union financial sector. While the financial system maintains overall resilience, regulators emphasized the necessity of heightened preparedness against geopolitical…

The Financial Reporting Council has published final revisions to UK auditing and assurance standards governing the use of external experts. Scope of the Revised Auditing and Assurance Standards The update affects ISA (UK) 620 (Revised September 2026), which addresses using the work of an auditor’s expert, and ISAE (UK) 3000…

Spanish institution Cecabank will leave the Euribor contributor panel on 30 September 2026, according to a statement from the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). Acting as the supervisor of benchmark administrator European Money Market Institute (EMMI), the EU regulator confirmed that the exit poses no risk to the representativeness…

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