GRC Report Staff

De Nederlandsche Bank has moved roughly 86 tonnes of gold from New York and Ottawa to the Bank of England in London to improve how quickly it can deploy reserves in a crisis. The total stock of 612.4 tonnes is unchanged. The move is not a regulatory requirement, but it shows how an official-sector institution is managing custody concentration, geopolitical risk, and operational resilience. Compliance and risk teams can use it as a reference point for their own custody and asset-location risk assessments.

Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel indicated in a Le Monde interview that an ECB rate increase at the September 10, 2026 meeting is effectively priced in, with markets assigning a probability above 95 percent. He declined to give guidance beyond that meeting, citing volatile energy and financial markets. Compliance and risk teams should treat this as a signal of tightening monetary conditions, not as binding regulatory guidance, and should prepare for related market, liquidity, and policy-driven changes.

The Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) will hold its 2026 continuing education for accredited auditors in person in Brussels on November 19 and 24, with separate sessions by entity type. Registration is free but closes October 21, 2026, so audit and compliance teams should confirm attendance now to preserve accreditation standing.

The Norway Financial Supervisory Authority (Finanstilsynet) has published a warning about TIBIPRO, an entity identified with Spain as its issuer jurisdiction and referencing a Spanish CNMV warning notice. Compliance teams should treat TIBIPRO as a potentially unauthorized or high-risk counterparty and screen for any exposure. The source record is brief, so details of the underlying conduct should be confirmed in the linked CNMV notice.

The Norway Financial Supervisory Authority has published a warning about atlasgroupag.com, a website linked to Switzerland. The source link points to the Swiss regulator FINMA's warning list, which suggests the entity was first flagged there. Compliance teams should treat the domain as high risk and update screening and fraud controls accordingly.

A warning concerning Standards Reliance and its website, standardsreliance.com, has been published, and the source metadata is inconsistent: the record lists Norway's Financial Supervisory Authority as the regulator, but the linked notice and issuer field point to the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA). Compliance teams should treat the entity as a high-risk, potentially unauthorized provider and confirm the originating regulator before relying on the record in controls or reports.

The Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC) has warned that Oversea Capital Markets Limited Single-Member Private Company (IKE) and the website overseatrades.com are not authorized to provide investment services or hold client funds. Compliance teams should treat both as unlicensed and high-risk, and update screening and monitoring controls accordingly.