Capital Planning/Stress Testing

IReF

From IReF roadmap to reality: the clock is ticking

The European Central Bank's publication of its official IReF implementation timeline marks a turning point for the European banking sector. Strategic planning must now...
ECB

Euro area banks face unified reporting overhaul

The European Central Bank (ECB), the central bank of the eurozone and key institution of the European System of Central Banks, has published a...
SFC

SFC warns brokers over mainland investor due diligence

Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), the city's financial markets regulator, has issued a formal circular to licensed securities brokers after a review...
financial services

Parliament receives landmark UK financial services reform bill

The UK government has introduced the Financial Services and Markets Bill to Parliament, a sweeping piece of legislation designed to modernise sector regulation, strengthen...
PRA

PRA consults on shared services to ease compliance burden

The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), the UK's banking regulator, is planning to consult on changes to shared operational services rules for ring-fenced banks, a...
AI

UK regulators warn firms on AI-driven cyber risks

The Bank of England, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and HM Treasury have issued a joint statement warning that frontier AI models pose a...
Korea

Korea regulator acts on fund disclosure failures

South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service (FSS), the country's financial regulatory authority, has launched a dedicated task force to redesign public fund prospectuses and make...
Zurich

BNM penalises Zurich units over TFS breaches

Zurich General Insurance Malaysia Berhad and Zurich General Takaful Malaysia Berhad, two Malaysian insurance arms of the Zurich group, have been handed combined administrative...
ADGM

ADGM and Shenzhen’s Futian District sign MoU

Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), Abu Dhabi's international financial centre, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Futian District People's Government of...
Malaysia

Malaysia-China investment ties under new masterplan

Securities Commission Malaysia (SC), the country's capital markets regulator, has led a high-level delegation to China as part of efforts to deepen cross-border investment...

News Stories

Zinnia names Key Kiarie as new chief financial officer

Zinnia names Key Kiarie as new chief financial officer

Zinnia, a technology platform serving the life and annuities market, has named Key Kiarie as its new chief financial officer, a move that comes...
Genki acquires InsurTech Wave Claims and Claim OS

Genki acquires InsurTech Wave Claims and Claim OS

Genki, a provider of international health insurance for digital nomads and long-term travellers, has purchased Wave Claims, an InsurTech startup headquartered in Cologne, along...
Blue Marble and MAPFRE team up on parametric insurance

Blue Marble and MAPFRE team up on parametric insurance

Blue Marble, a specialist in designing innovative parametric insurance products, has joined forces with global insurer MAPFRE to widen the availability of parametric cover...
Augustus lands $180m Series B to dollarise the world

Augustus lands $180m Series B to dollarise the world

Augustus, the company building what it calls the Global Dollar Bank, has secured $180m in a Series B round that values the business at...
Q2

Regulators punish firms for ignoring their own controls in Q2

Global regulators handed out more than $931m in penalties above the $1m mark during the second quarter of 2026, the largest quarterly total in...

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