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EIB Group and CDP boost partnership to drive investment and sustainable growth in Italy and beyond

A new Memorandum of Understanding has been signed that will accelerate strategic investments across Italy.

EU Legislation Roundup: February 2026

Staying informed on EU-level law helps you manage risk, maintain compliance and remain competitive in a fast-moving regulatory environment.

FCA warns customers of HDH Investment Services Limited

We know this news may be worrying.

FCA fines John Wood Group PLC for issuing misleading statements

Following the poor performance of certain projects, Wood Group’s accounting judgements were inappropriately influenced by its desire to maintain previously stated financial results.

The President of the European Commission and the President of the Swiss Confederation sign a broad package of EU-Switzerland agreements

Additionally, it will ensure more consistent rules for individuals who live, work, or study across the EU-Swiss border.

New investment funds drive reduction in costs to investors

This eighth Costs and Performance report shows that ongoing costs in the EU continued to decline in 2024.

New UK ETA and carrier liability rules: what travellers need to know

Employers should ensure that they review updated travel guidance

Interview with Philip R. Lane, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, conducted by Olaf Storbeck on 26 February 2026

The European economy has been growing in the neighbourhood of its potential. Consumption is contributing, as expected.

The EBA publishes its final Guidelines on instruments for the capital endowment requirement for third-country branches

The Guidelines set out the list of instruments that third-country branches may use to meet their capital endowment requirement and specify the minimum operational conditions that ensure these instruments are available when needed.

Irish employers must factor for salary increases for employment permit holders

Increases in the salary thresholds for employment permits were announced in 2023 with increases planned over two years, but an updated roadmap document now sets out changes up to at least 2030.

UK Listing Rules for investment entities review

As part of this review, we will also conduct targeted work to assess how our rules, in the context of company law, ensure that boards support strong shareholder rights and engagement and manage conflicts of interests.

Pensions UK calls for Pension Schemes Bill mandation power to be withdrawn

Call comes as Bill is at a ‘crucial juncture’ in its passage through Parliament

Getting the right directions − speech by Alan Taylor

Given at the Monetary Policy Mandate Conference at Norges Bank, Oslo

Credit Suisse’s collapse rocked Swiss wealth management. Can it stay in front?

The country is still considered the safest of safe havens, despite facing greater competition from abroad and consolidation at home

FINMA proceedings: MBaer Merchant Bank AG in liquidation

The bank has now withdrawn its appeal against the FINMA proceedings, meaning that FINMA’s liquidation order is now effective.

Prudential Regulation Authority statement on the life insurance stress test in 2028

This statement provides an early indication to industry of the Prudential Regulation Authority’s (PRA) intent to launch the next Life Insurance Stress Test (LIST) exercise in January 2028.

Not content with Brexit harm, Reform plans pensions raid

Nigel Farage’s party is flirting with the idea of setting up a sovereign wealth fund, but I smell a rat

More EU investment, regulatory reform and policies needed to reach net zero, says ECB

The EU has committed to reaching net zero by 2050 and while it has reduced its emissions by 37% since 1990, more is needed as current policies are only likely to result in a 55% reduction by 2030, the paper finds.

FCA opens authorisation gateway for targeted support

Firms can now apply for permission to provide targeted support.

The EBA responds to the Commission’s proposed amendments to the draft technical standards on equivalent legal mechanism

The EBA considers that two of the Commission’s proposed amendments introduce substantive changes that are not consistent with the prudential safeguards underpinning the preferential treatment for residential property exposures.

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