GRC Report Staff

The FCA's 52nd quarterly consultation paper proposes miscellaneous Handbook amendments, the most significant being a simplification of product-level climate disclosure rules for asset managers, life insurers and pension providers following a post-implementation review. It also covers cryptoasset fee tariffs, authorized fund exposure to cryptoasset exchange traded notes (cETNs), cryptoasset financial promotion approver notifications, and UK CRR consequential changes. The consultation has closed, so compliance teams should now prepare for the forthcoming feedback and final rules.

The Norway Financial Supervisory Authority (Finanstilsynet) has listed a warning on GooeyTrade that originates from the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM). The AFM source URL places the entity in its "boilerroom" warning category, which signals suspected high-pressure investment fraud. Compliance teams should treat GooeyTrade as a high-risk counterparty and update screening and customer-protection controls.

The Norway Financial Supervisory Authority (Finanstilsynet) has published a warning about the website francejournal.info, which the French AMF added to its crypto-currency blacklist. Compliance teams should treat the domain as a high-risk, likely unauthorized or fraudulent crypto-related operation and update their screening and customer-protection controls accordingly.

A warning has been published on SwissWealthManagement Ltd, listed under the "boilerroom" category, which signals suspected high-pressure investment fraud targeting consumers. The source record contains inconsistencies, so compliance teams should confirm the originating authority before acting on it. Firms should screen for the entity and strengthen fraud and AML controls.

The FCA has published guidance explaining how the UK's new cryptoasset regime applies to firms and which activities may require authorization. With the authorization gateway opening on September 30, 2026 and the regime taking effect on October 25, 2027, compliance teams should use the guidance now to assess perimeter exposure and prepare applications. Further targeted changes are expected through an October consultation.

EIOPA's Eurofi article argues that private credit, Asset Intensive Reinsurance (AIR), and ICT third-party dependencies should be assessed together, because their capacity to interact and amplify one another is what creates systemic risk. The article is not a binding rule, but it signals supervisory priorities. Compliance teams should expect closer scrutiny of AIR, illiquid asset exposures, and DORA implementation.

The ECB's September 2026 wage tracker update shows negotiated wage growth of 2.7% in Q1 2027 and 2.8% in Q2 2027, up modestly from 2.2% in 2026 (smoothed). This is a statistical release, not a regulatory mandate, but it informs the monetary policy outlook, interest rate expectations, and the wage and inflation assumptions used in financial institutions' risk models and stress tests. Employee coverage for 2027 is still low (32.5% in Q1 and 25.1% in Q2), so the forward-looking figures are likely to be revised.