In their Autumn 2025 Joint Committee Report, the European Supervisory Authorities (the EBA, EIOPA and ESMA) describe a financial sector that remains resilient on paper, yet increasingly exposed to forces beyond its control. The warning is not about a brewing crisis so much as a reminder that shocks are arriving faster and hitting harder, from trade wars to cyber strikes.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson recently submitted a report to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recommending the deletion or revision of certain federal regulations identified as anticompetitive.
The Justice Department is closing the book on a years-long probe into market manipulation at BofA Securities (BoAS), and the bank is walking away without criminal charges. Instead, BoAS will pay nearly $6 million in disgorgement and victim compensation after voluntarily coming forward about misconduct on its U.S. Treasuries desk.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) ended summer with a pointed reminder that accountability in banking isn’t confined to the boardroom. In its September 2025 enforcement actions, the regulator issued no new penalties against institutions but handed out prohibition orders to five former bank employees for fraud, theft, and misappropriation of funds.
For years, concertgoers have grumbled about Ticketmaster’s sky-high fees and impossible-to-get tickets. Now the Federal Trade Commission is putting those frustrations into a federal courtroom.
Australia’s corporate watchdog has refreshed its guidance for auditors, issuing an updated regulatory guide that consolidates and simplifies rules around reporting breaches and contraventions to the regulator.
Singapore and Hong Kong, two of Asia’s busiest financial hubs, have decided it’s time to take their long-standing cooperation up a notch. On September 17, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) designed to strengthen cross-border banking supervision.