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UK FCA Consults On Aligning Listed Issuers' Sustainability Disclosures With International Standards

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published consultation paper CP26/5 on the evolution of its sustainability disclosure rules for listed companies, following the government's draft UK Sustainability Reporting...more

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UK Lays SI To Create New Regulated Activity Of Providing Targeted Support

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The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Providing Targeted Support) (Amendment) Order 2026 was laid before UK Parliament and published with an explanatory memorandum. The instrument, following the...more

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Sustained High-Impact Enforcement, Organizational Expansion, and Priorities for 2026

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The Fraud Section of the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Criminal Division released its 2025 Year in Review, highlighting a historic year of white-collar enforcement....more

Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP

Tokenization: The Most Anticipated, and Perhaps the Most Misunderstood, New Technology of the Decade

In the early days of 2026, you can’t open your internet browser, check the news or talk to a neighbor without hearing the word tokenization. To some, it’s the dawn of a new era, the convergence of new and efficient technology...more

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Nasdaq Proposes Immediate Delisting for Companies Below $5 Million Market Value

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On January 26, 2026, The Nasdaq Stock Market (Nasdaq) filed a rule proposal with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that would permit the immediate suspension and delisting of a company listed on the Nasdaq Global...more

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Welcome regulatory clarity for tokenised funds: The Mutual Funds (Amendment) Bill, 2026 and Private Funds (Amendment) Bill, 2026

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The Mutual Funds (Amendment) Bill, 2026 (Mutual Funds (Amendment) Bill) and Private Funds (Amendment) Bill, 2026 (Private Funds (Amendment) Bill) (the Mutual Funds (Amendment) Bill and the Private Funds (Amendment) Bill...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Crypto Brief - Lowenstein Crypto Newsletter - February 5, 2026

On Jan. 29, the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee voted along party lines to advance a cryptocurrency market structure bill that would grant the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regulatory authority over digital...more

Paul Hastings LLP

UK Introduces Its First Regulatory Regime for ESG Ratings Providers

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As the significance of ESG ratings has grown materially with investors channelling more capital towards sustainable investments, the UK government is bringing providers of ESG ratings within the scope of financial services...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

AI Today in 5: February 9, 2026, The AI Agents Doing Compliance Edition

Welcome to AI Today in 5, the newest addition to the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, Tom Fox will bring you 5 stories about AI to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the AI Today In...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

FCPA Compliance Report: FCPA Enforcement Shifts: Volatility and Uncertainty

Welcome to the award-winning FCPA Compliance Report, the longest-running podcast in compliance. In this episode, host Tom Fox welcomes Anik Shah, the Global Director of Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Compliance at Sandisk,...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Daily Compliance News: February 9, 2026, The Is Netflix a Monopoly Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the Daily Compliance News....more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Sunday Book Review: February 8, 2026, The Books on Creativity Edition

In the Sunday Book Review, Tom Fox considers books that would interest compliance professionals, business executives, or anyone curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events, or...more

A&O Shearman

EBA draft single programming document

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The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published its draft single programming document (SPD) for 2027–2029, outlining its strategic priorities and resource needs over the three‑year period. The EBA confirms it will focus on...more

Paul Hastings LLP

UK Equity Capital Markets Insights — February 2026

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New UK Securities Offering Regime Comes Into Force - On 19 January, the UK’s new regime for offers of securities, the Public Offers and Admissions to Trading Regulations 2024 (POATRs) and the UK Financial Conduct...more

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UK FCA responds to Treasury Committee on Leeds Reforms progress and priorities

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The House of Commons Treasury Committee has published a letter (dated 21 January) from Nikhil Rathi, the Chief Executive of the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), responding to the Committee's outstanding questions from...more

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FCA Enforcement Watch and Beyond - Five Headline Trends for 2026

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The FCA’s launch of its inaugural Enforcement Watch newsletter provides fresh visibility into the regulator’s enforcement caseload, priorities and approach. Coupled with the High Court’s recent two-part judgment endorsing the...more

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SEC, CFTC Launch Unified "Project Crypto"

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On January 29, 2026, the SEC and CFTC jointly announced Project Crypto, transforming what had been an internal SEC initiative launched in 2025 into a landmark inter-agency collaboration to unify digital asset regulation in...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

UK Public M&A Monthly Activity Update: January 2026

In January 2026, there were three Rule 2.7 announcements made across the UK public M&A market and nine further possible offers announced. Firm Offers announced this month: • Recommended cash offer by VertiGIS Ltd for...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

5 Strategies to Strengthen Corporate Governance

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Major investors are increasingly using AI to decide how to vote proxies, and JPMorgan’s industry-first decision to replace its external proxy advisors with an in-house AI tool signals that the trend is accelerating....more

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CFTC Provides Interim Relief from Commodity Pool Operator Registration to Certain Investment Advisors

On December 19, 2025, the Market Participants Division (“MPD”) of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) issued No-Action Letter No. 25-50, granting interim relief for certain commodity pool operators (“CPOs”)...more

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SEC Staff Provides Its Views on Taxonomies Associated With Tokenized Securities

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On January 28, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission's ("SEC") Divisions of Corporation Finance, Investment Management, and Trading and Markets (collectively, the "Staff") issued a statement (the "Statement") providing...more

Cooley LLP

Statement on Tokenized Securities

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On January 28, 2026, the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance, the Division of Investment Management, and the Division of Trading and Markets of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (collectively, the SEC staff)...more

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Second Institutional Investor Stops Using Proxy Advisors

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Last week, Wells Fargo’s Wealth & Investment Management announced it had launched an internal proxy voting service – powered by Broadridge – and would cut ties to ISS in the process as noted in this Reuters article....more

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Municipal Bond Issuers: NY Accepting, Enforcing Exemption Applications

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The State of New York is once again taking Policy 103 Exemption Applications from municipal bond issuers and will pursue enforcement actions against issuers that fail to comply with timely filing of their applications, ending...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

AI Today in 5: February 6, 2026, The Trillion $$ Wipeout Edition

Welcome to AI Today in 5, the newest addition to the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, Tom Fox will bring you 5 stories about AI to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the AI Today In...more

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