Regulatory Timeline

The European Commission published market data indicating that more than €1.2 trillion has been invested in sustainable activities in the EU since 2021, including over €320 billion in EU Taxonomy-aligned activities in 2025. The update also reports increased use of the European Green Bond Standard since it started to apply in December 2024. No new regulatory obligation, reporting template or filing deadline is introduced by the publication.

The ECB interview is not a binding rulemaking instrument and does not create a new effective date. It provides supervisory intelligence on ECB Banking Supervision priorities: simplification without deregulation, proportionality for smaller and less complex banks, AI-related cyber risk action plans expected by end-October, and closer scrutiny of banks’ links to non-bank finance and private credit.

The ECB announced that significant institutions may use either IAS 1 or IFRS 18-aligned regulatory reporting templates for profit and loss during the transition from January 2027 until amended EBA ITS incorporating IFRS 18 are expected to apply from the September 2027 reference period.

ESMA’s 15 October 2026 report provides consolidated EEA enforcement statistics for 2025 across AIFMD, BMR, CSDR, ECSPR, EMIR, MAR, MiCA, MiFID II/MiFIR, the Prospectus Regulation, SFTR, UCITS and EuGBR. It does not create new rules or filing obligations, but it is relevant for compliance risk assessment, supervisory benchmarking and enforcement horizon scanning.

The FCA has announced proposals under CP26/35 to make redemption terms clearer for authorised fund managers of non-UCITS retail schemes investing in inherently illiquid assets, including a minimum 90-day redemption notice period and transition arrangements for existing funds.

A non-binding BIS publication of an ECB Banking Supervision keynote speech signals heightened supervisory attention to banks’ digital strategies, AI governance, cyber resilience, outsourcing dependencies, tokenisation and risk data capabilities. No new effective date or formal reporting obligation is introduced.

The European Parliament Legislative Observatory page supplied for COM(2026)0508 currently states that the procedure is not found or may still be in the process of being initiated. No legislative proposal text, procedure file, deadlines, effective date, obligations, reporting templates, or implementation requirements are available from the supplied official source.

The SEC published NSCC’s immediately effective rule filing to clarify and update the DTCC Clearing Agencies’ Risk Management Framework, including governance structure, Rule 17ad-25(j) and Rule 17ad-26 references, and administrative changes that NSCC says do not alter Rule 17ad-22(e) compliance.

The ECB’s 17 April 2023 assessment of the SREP is not a new binding rule, but it signals supervisory process changes toward more risk-based, focused and efficient engagement with significant institutions.

The SEC published IEX’s immediately effective proposed rule change adopting IEX Options Rule 20.140A, which codifies select Options Listing Procedures Plan provisions on options series selection and strike-price range standards. The rule became effective and operative upon filing on September 23, 2026.