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Boerse Stuttgart Group receives DLT TSS licence

22 October 2026 Germany
Reporter: Matthew Challis

The distributed ledger technology Trading and Settlement System licence allows Seturion, the group’s digital settlement platform for tokenised assets, to operate as pan-European post-trade infrastructure

ESMA specifies requirements on post-trade risk reduction services

21 October 2026 Europe
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Meeting these conditions allows for certain OTC derivative transactions to be exempt from the clearing obligation under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation 3

SEC proposes expansion of securities eligible for cross trading

09 October 2026 US
Reporter: Madison Hendrickson

Continuing its modernisation of regulatory frameworks, the US Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed amendments to expand the Investment Company Act’s cross-trading rule

US SEC proposes amendments for custody of cryptoassets rules

02 October 2026 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

SEC proposes rescission of shareholder proposal rule

17 September 2026 US
Reporter: Madison Hendrickson

FCA introduces new MiFIR rules to cut reporting costs by £100m

04 August 2026 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The UK Financial Conduct Authority has introduced a number of key changes to the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation, which will take effect from 3 April 2028

ESMA launches CSA on CASPs’ digital operational resilience

08 July 2026 France
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

The Common Supervisory Action will assess the maturity of Crypto-Asset Service Providers’ digital operational resilience frameworks in relation to custody activities

OSTTRA receives US CFTC no-action relief for PTRR

02 July 2026 US
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

The no-action letter from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission for solutions related to post-trade risk reduction provides exemptions that concern trading and reporting obligations

FCA censures CACEIS UK

30 June 2026 UK
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

The asset servicing firm will voluntary pay £31.7 million to WealthTek clients for inadequate financial crime controls

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