There was a time when the challenge for compliance teams was visibility. Policies sat in binders. Codes of conduct gathered dust. Ethics, where it existed, lived more in aspiration than in practice. That problem, for the most part, has been solved.
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority is sharpening its focus on climate risk and sustainable finance, laying out a 2026 agenda that blends tighter supervision with a broader effort to position Hong Kong at the center of the region’s green transition.
The Serious Fraud Office has secured a £10 million settlement from Ultra Electronics Holdings, drawing a line under a years-long investigation into bribery risks tied to overseas contracts.
Germany’s financial regulator has fined flatexDEGIRO SE €1,000,000 for failing to promptly disclose inside information tied to regulatory findings at its banking subsidiary. The penalty centers on events dating back to the end of 2022, when flatexDEGIRO did not immediately inform the market about the outcome of a special inspection at flatexDEGIRO Bank. That inspection, carried out under section 44 of the German Banking Act, had identified shortcomings in the company’s business organization.
The Financial Reporting Council has finalized revisions to two of the UK’s most closely watched auditing standards, sharpening how auditors are expected to approach fraud risks and assess whether companies can continue operating.
The European Parliament is urging regulators to pick up the pace in enforcing the Digital Markets Act, warning that delays, modest penalties, and rapidly evolving technologies risk undermining one of the bloc’s most consequential competition laws.
Italy’s antitrust authority has quietly drawn a line under three investigations into leading artificial intelligence providers, using the cases to tell users, clearly and upfront, when the technology might be wrong.