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226 updates Last updated: 15 May 2026
🇸🇬 MAS Consultation high

MAS Concludes Consultation on Enhancements to Product Highlights Sheets and Streamlined Framework for Complex Products

Singapore, 15 May 2026…The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today released its response to the feedback on proposals to enhance the requirements for Product Highlights Sheets (PHS) and streamline the distribution safeguards for complex products.

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🇬🇧 FCA News

Supporting customers through challenging times

The conflict in the Middle East means cost of living pressures remain top of mind – with people facing increased costs for utility bills, food and fuel. We want to remind you about our clear expectations on the support you should offer consumers in challenging times, through the Consumer Duty and our rules on protections for borrowers in difficulty.

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Consumer Protection / ConductTechnology & Cyber
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🇪🇺 ESMA Consultation low

European Commission launches call for candidates for the ESAs’ Board of Appeal

European Commission launches call for candidates for the ESAs’ Board of Appeal 12 May 2026 Board of Appeal The European Commission has launched a call for expression of interest for the appointment of members to the Board of Appeal of the three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – the ESAs). This call aims to establish a reserve list of qualified candidates to fill vacancies that may arise within the Board of Appeal. The reserve list will remain valid for a period of five y...

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Technology & CyberAuthorisation & LicensingSenior Managers / Governance
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🇱🇺 CSSF Enforcement critical

Annual Report on Sanctioning Activities in the SSM in 2025

This report has been prepared by the SSM Network of Enforcement and Sanctions Experts to present comprehensive statistics on sanctioning activities carried out in 2025 by the ECB and the national competent authorities (NCAs) of European Union (EU) Member States participating in the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) in relation to breaches of prudential requirements.

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AML / Financial CrimePrudential / Capital RequirementsTechnology & Cyber
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🇫🇷 AMF News

The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has approved the updated ‘Provisions’ of the AFG Code of Ethics for Third-Party Asset Management and extended these to all investment services providers

Asset management The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has approved the updated ‘Provisions’ of the AFG Code of Ethics for Third-Party Asset Management and extended these to all investment services providers

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Operational Resilience / OutsourcingTechnology & CyberMarket Abuse / Surveillance
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🇬🇧 FCA News

FCA invites ESG rating providers to join a voluntary reporting pilot

Help us develop a proportionate reporting regime for ESG ratings. Register your interest by 13 May 2026. We're inviting ESG rating providers to join a pilot to inform future regulatory reporting once the regime is live.Our aim is to avoid unnecessary reporting burden for firms over time.The pilot aims to help us assess whether the proposed metrics for ESG ratings reporting are:clearfeasibleproportionate across different business modelsuseful for supervisory purposesParticipants will have a di...

Deadline: 13 May 2026
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Topics:
AML / Financial CrimeESGTechnology & Cyber
Reporting & Disclosure
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🇬🇧 FCA News

FCA Board appoints 2 new members to the Regulatory Decisions Committee

The FCA Board appoints new members to decision-making committee. The Board of the FCA has appointed Jonathan Peddie and Raymond Cox KC as new members of the FCA’s Regulatory Decisions Committee (RDC).The RDC is responsible for taking certain regulatory decisions on behalf of the FCA relating to contested enforcement action. Committee members bring a broad range of professional experience to support fair, independent and evidence-based decision-making.Alison Potter, the chair of the RDC, said:...

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Consumer Protection / ConductTechnology & CyberSenior Managers / Governance
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🇬🇧 FCA Speech

Getting firms fit to run

Speech by Sheree Howard at the APCC Spring Conference 2026. This weekend, tens of thousands of runners will line up in Greenwich Park for the start of the London Marathon.Well done to them – a Netflix marathon is much more my speed.Unlike what’s needed to prepare for a Netflix marathon – opening a bag of sweet and salty popcorn – Sunday’s runners will have been training for months. Many even years.And nearly all will have had support along the way, whether from a coach, physio or friend at a ...

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Topics:
ESGTechnology & CyberMarket Abuse / Surveillance
Authorisation & Licensing
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🇬🇧 FCA Speech

Supporting fintech in the next phase of innovation

Speech by Jessica Rusu, FCA chief data, information and intelligence officer at IFGS. Key pointsAgentic commerce will change how financial decisions and transactions are made, demanding a fundamentally new approach.We are expanding practical support for firms through the next phase of our AI Lab.Open Finance will provide the foundations of a more intelligent financial system.We are supporting solo-regulated firms scale, with our Scale-Up unit open for expressions of interest.

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Technology & Cyber
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