New Zealand’s Financial Markets Authority has released updated guidance aimed at giving issuers clearer direction on how to disclose and communicate financial products with sustainability-related characteristics.
European Securities and Markets Authority has identified governance and oversight shortcomings in parts of Europe’s investment management sector following a sweeping EU-wide review into the compliance and internal audit functions of fund managers.
The U.S. Department of Justice is attempting to bring a more unified approach to white-collar enforcement with the rollout of what it says is the first Department-wide corporate enforcement policy for criminal cases, a move officials say is designed to provide businesses with greater clarity about how prosecutors will evaluate corporate misconduct.
Switzerland’s financial regulator is proposing a fresh round of anti-money laundering reforms that would sharpen expectations around customer transparency, correspondent banking oversight, and sanctions compliance as global pressure on financial crime controls continues to mount.
Australia’s financial crime regulator is warning that the lines between legitimate commerce and illicit finance are becoming increasingly blurred as criminals exploit artificial intelligence, digital technologies, and global financial systems to hide the movement of illicit funds.
Over the course of 2025, Anti-Money Laundering Authority Chair Bruna Szego traveled across all 27 European Union Member States, meeting directly with the supervisors, financial intelligence units, banks, insurers, crypto firms, accountants, lawyers, and other stakeholders tasked with defending Europe’s financial system from illicit finance.
FTC Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson announced Monday that the agency had sent warning letters to more than a dozen prominent tech companies reminding them that full compliance with the Take It Down Act must be in place by May 19. The law requires covered online platforms to create a process allowing victims to request the removal of intimate images or videos shared without their consent, including content involving children.