Compliance & Ethics

Norway’s financial watchdog has laid out a year of active enforcement, expanding surveillance and deeper scrutiny of sustainability reporting in its 2025 supervisory reports. The documents, published this week by Finanstilsynet, provide a detailed account of inspections, market monitoring, licensing matters and regulatory development across the financial sector. They also address broader themes such as anti-money laundering, crypto-asset supervision, European cooperation, digital resilience and risk monitoring in both Norwegian and international markets.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is intensifying its review of Microsoft, broadening its inquiry into the company’s licensing structure, cloud strategy, and integration of artificial intelligence tools, according to a report by Bloomberg News.

The Financial Conduct Authority has updated its public overview of how it regulates cryptoassets, setting out in clearer terms which digital assets fall inside its remit, how crypto firms are supervised for anti-money laundering purposes, and the rules governing how crypto is marketed to UK consumers.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is pressing Congress to act on cryptocurrency legislation, arguing that a federal framework for digital assets should be finalized and sent to President Donald Trump for signature before the end of the spring.

China’s market regulator on Friday released new anti-monopoly guidelines for internet platforms aimed at curbing collusion and unfair pricing practices, as authorities continue tightening oversight of the country’s digital economy.

In a massive shift in federal climate policy, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule repealing the 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding and rolling back federal greenhouse gas emission standards for light, medium, and heavy-duty vehicles.

Italy’s competition watchdog has turned its attention to the beauty aisle. The Italian Competition Authority has launched an investigation into Procter & Gamble amid concerns that advertising for the Braun Skin i-Expert IPL hair removal device may have gone too far in promising long-lasting results.