The International Swaps and Derivatives Association urged US regulators to revise capital rules before Treasury clearing begins at the end of 2026. It said the proposed cross-product netting methodology could impose excessive capital on well-hedged Treasury cash, repo and futures portfolios, undermining cross-margining and client clearing. ISDA also called for risk-sensitive treatment of derivatives and securities financing transactions across jurisdictions.

The Financial Conduct Authority said challenges to its partially suspended motor finance compensation scheme will be heard from Feb. 16 to 26, 2027. Lenders must keep preparing for the scheme while ensuring they can return to normal complaint handling if it is quashed. Compensation calculations and payments are not required while the legal process continues.

The UK Financial Conduct Authority secured guilty pleas from two former financial advice firm employees after four clients lost GBP 2 million through fraud. Sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 10, 2026, and the FCA will seek to confiscate any financial benefit obtained by Kerry Nelson.

The Oman Financial Services Authority has warned accounting and auditing firms not to assign professional work to individuals who are not registered employees. Firms must correct noncompliant arrangements and ensure effective supervision, while proven violations may trigger legal action and other liabilities.

The Basel Committee rated Australia, Japan, Korea and Switzerland compliant with its leverage ratio framework, while Canada and the United Kingdom were assessed as largely compliant. The reports complete the first round of multi-jurisdictional leverage ratio assessments under the Regulatory Consistency Assessment Programme.

The Network for Greening the Financial System has reviewed 35 initiatives and six case studies showing that central banks and supervisors are operationalizing nature-related financial risk assessment. Water-related risks, sectoral concentrations and supply-chain effects feature prominently, while credit risk is the most developed financial channel. Better data, scenarios, modelling and stress-testing frameworks remain priorities.

The Network for Greening the Financial System identified human rights law, litigation and water regulation as key channels through which water scarcity can create financial risk. Project challenges and stronger enforcement may cause delays, higher costs, losses and stranded assets, while poorly designed regulatory simplification could increase physical and transition risks. The report calls on central banks, supervisors and financial institutions to identify, assess and monitor these exposures.

The Kazakhstan Ministry of Finance has proposed amendments to the rules for preparing, submitting and reviewing budget requests. The draft would align the rules with emergency state budget provisions and related legislative changes.

Monaco's Ministry of Finance and Economy detailed a borrower insurance framework allowing eligible former cancer and hepatitis C patients to omit that medical history when seeking coverage. Eligibility requires treatment to have ended more than five years earlier without relapse and the applicant to be under age 71. A new commission will handle complaints, oversee compliance and support mediation.

The Central Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan has strengthened banks’ credit risk, provisioning and borrower assessment requirements from Nov. 9, 2026. The changes cover behavioral model lending, asset classification, installment sellers’ credit obligation data and guarantees in consumer lending.

The Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency is consulting on a final accepted market practice for liquidity support on the Zagreb Stock Exchange. The proposed framework would apply defined rules, transparency requirements and regulatory oversight under the Market Abuse Regulation, with the aim of improving liquidity and price formation.

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission suspended Baicha shares and restricted dealings in up to HKD 4.66 billion of assets linked to two suspected IPO rigging syndicates. The investigation covers alleged schemes involving the Baicha, Cloudbreak Pharma and Tianju Dihe IPOs that may have channelled proceeds back to major placees or connected parties.