Compliance & Ethics

EIOPA's final Q&A (ID 3567) confirms that bonds on the balance sheet but lent out through repurchase or securities lending transactions must be included in the CSSR numerator for the revised volatility adjustment. Derivative bond exposures, such as forward purchases, are excluded. Insurers should align their CSSR methodology and data processes with this interpretation before the January 2027 implementation date.

The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has issued a consultation draft policy rule setting out when telecom providers will be treated as having met their information obligations under Article 7.2ab of the Telecommunications Act. Providers that follow the rule, particularly the Annex template, will in any case be considered compliant. This gives compliance teams a practical safe harbor and signals enforcement focus on passive-contract customers and loyalty-based price discrimination.

ASIC's Form RL31 is the mechanism registered liquidators must use to notify the regulator of inaccuracies in annual liquidator returns, annual administration returns, and end of administration returns. The notice must be lodged within ten business days of when the liquidator could reasonably be expected to be aware of the event, and late lodgement attracts fees. Compliance teams at firms that provide or rely on insolvency services should confirm that their processes can meet this deadline. The document is an existing form and guide, not a new rule, though it is presented as a press release dated 2026-09-16.

The Federal Open Market Committee voted 12-0 to raise the federal funds target range by 1/4 percentage point to 3-3/4 to 4 percent, citing elevated inflation and a solid economy. For compliance teams, the move signals continued tightening and raises the importance of interest rate, liquidity, and credit risk monitoring, as well as customer disclosures tied to variable rates.

The Federal Reserve Board and FOMC released participants' economic projections tables and charts on September 16, 2026, following the September 15-16 meeting. The release is informational and imposes no direct compliance obligations. It matters to compliance and risk teams because the projections inform interest rate, liquidity, and macroeconomic assumptions used in stress testing, capital planning, and risk governance.

South Korea's competition regulator has imposed approximately $440 million (KRW 631.9 billion) in provisional fines on food delivery platforms Baemin and Coupang for restricting restaurant pricing and engaging in other practices that undermined competition in the country's food delivery market.

ASIC's Form 5606 is the prescribed notice that a voluntary administrator must lodge after giving creditors notice of the meeting required under section 449C(4) of the Corporations Act 2001. The lodgement period is short (two business days), and late fees apply. Compliance teams at institutions with credit exposure to Australian companies in administration should understand the process and the information it makes public. The source lists the form as dated 1 September 2017 (in a 2026-09-16 feed entry), so this appears to be an existing form being republished or re-surfaced rather than a new rule.