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CFTC Clarifies Sports Contracts Listing Standards and Seeks Input on Event Contracts More Generally
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) made waves on March 12 with two pivotal releases intended to shape the regulatory framework for prediction markets....By: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
How To Achieve WORM Compliance
If you are unsure whether your current systems truly meet write once, read many (WORM) requirements, you are not alone. How to achieve WORM compliance is often a top concern for those responsible for managing regulated business records across email, collaboration tools, websites, and social media. You may be facing pressure from regulators, auditors, or internal risk teams to prove that your data is stored in a way that prevents alteration or deletion....By: Hanzo
[Video] AI Today in 5: March 13, 2026, The KYA Edition
Welcome to AI Today in 5, the newest addition to the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, Tom Fox will bring you 5 stories about AI to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the AI Today In 5. All, from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, we consider five stories from the business world, compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest about AI. Top AI stories include: • From KYC to Know Your Agent. (PYMNTS):...By: Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist
BOEM Proposes to Loosen Supplemental Financial Assurance Requirements for Offshore Oil and Gas Lessees
On March 9, 2026, in response to Executive Order 14154 of January 20, 2025, Unleashing American Energy, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued a proposed rule adjusting the standards used to determine whether outer continental shelf (OCS) oil, gas and sulfur lessees, right-of-use and easement (RUE) grant holders and pipeline right-of-way (ROW) grant holders must provide supplemental financial assurance to cover offshore decommissioning obligations. 91 Fed. Reg. 11,212 (Mar. 9, 2026)...By: Bracewell LLP
Do Your Insider Trading Policies Cover The Prediction Markets? Should They?
Prediction markets now offer contracts tied directly to public company events—including stock price movements, earnings call language, regulatory outcomes, corporate announcements, and management decisions. These contracts are typically structured as event-based instruments rather than traditional securities. But for public companies, the practical question is straightforward: If employees are prohibited from trading securities on inside information, can they still bet on it?...By: Proskauer - Regulatory & Compliance
Key Changes to The Opportunity Zone Program in The One Big Beautiful Bill Act
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 designates certain low-income community population census tracts as qualified opportunity zones and creates tax incentives for those with capital gains looking to roll over their investments on a tax-deferred basis. Under the program, taxpayers who reinvest their capital gains in qualified opportunity zones can (i) defer recognition of such capital gains until December 31, 2026, (ii) recognize up to a 15% step up in basis in such deferred capital gains after 7...By: Adams & Reese
When Fraud Stops Looking Like Fraud
Fraudsters have always been slick, doing their best to constantly stay ahead of financial institutions in their tactics. Recently, though, advancements in technology and the wide availability of consumer artificial intelligence (AI) products have helped these fraudsters bring their cons into the 21st century. With these advancements has come a shift not just in scale, but in the very nature of fraud itself....By: Ankura
FinReg Monthly Update - February 2026
Welcome to the FinReg Monthly Update, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK, EU and U.S. financial services regulation....By: Proskauer Rose LLP
EU CryptoReg Roundup: February 2026
Welcome to our EU crypto update - a roundup of key Irish and EU legislative and regulatory developments shaping the crypto-asset sector....By: Walkers
Central Bank regulatory and supervisory outlook 2026 Key trends for funds and asset managers
On 26 February 2026, the Central Bank of Ireland (the Central Bank) published its annual Regulatory and Supervisory Outlook Report 2026 (RSO) setting out the Central Bank’s perspective on the key trends and risks facing the financial sector, along with the regulatory and supervisory priorities for the next year in the context of those risks....By: Walkers
HL UK Pensions Digest 12 March 2026
A bite-sized summary of recent UK pension news Pension Schemes Bill: further amendments Government amendments concerning investment duties; pre-97 increases on Pension Protection Fund (PPF) compensation; and guided retirement; Master trusts: scale and consolidation More detail from the DWP and the Pensions Regulator (TPR) on pathways for reaching the scale requirements in the Pension Schemes Bill...By: Hogan Lovells
New Reporting Requirement Under FinCEN's 'Residential Real Estate Rule' in Effect as of March 1, 2026
On March 1, 2026, the "Residential Real Estate Rule" issued by the US Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) went into effect. The rule requires the filing of a report with FinCEN in connection with specified non-financed transfers of residential real property to legal entities and trusts. With the goal of combating money laundering and increasing transparency in a segment of the real estate market that has traditionally not been subject to broad reporting...By: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
FinCEN’s Residential Real Estate Rule: What Commercial Real Estate Developers Need to Know
Professionals involved in residential real estate closings must now file a Real Estate Report with the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) for certain non-financed transfers of residential real property where at least one buyer is a legal entity or trust. Despite its title, the Residential Real Estate Rule (the “Rule”) may apply to transactions common in commercial real estate development, including acquisitions of subdivision land, townhome...By: Stoel Rives LLP
Tensions in the Middle East continue to drive volatility in currency markets
Pound (GBP) finds support as markets reassess BoE bets - The pound (GBP) traded in a wide range yesterday, although it managed to push higher against some of its rivals as investors reined in bets on a Bank of England (BoE) interest rate cut....By: IR Global
[Video] 2 Gurus Talk Compliance - Episode 72 - The Kristy in London Edition
What happens when two top compliance commentators get together? They talk compliance, of course. Join Tom Fox and Kristy Grant-Hart in 2 Gurus Talk Compliance as they discuss the latest compliance issues in this week’s episode! Stories this week include: • What did the FCPA pause do? (JustSecurity): https://www.justsecurity.org/133481/year-later-fcpa-enforcement-pause/ • Wells Fargo is free from the Consent Order. (WSJ):...By: Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist
How Advisors Can Stop Competing Only on Investments
For decades the advisor sales pitch sounded like a broken record: better funds, better performance, better returns. The problem is that every advisor says the same thing, and in a world of index funds and target-date glidepaths, “better investments” isn’t a strategy anymore—it’s background noise....By: Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.
[Video] Daily Compliance News: March 13, 2026, The Unfair Trade Practices Edition
Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the Daily Compliance News. All, from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, we consider four stories from the business world, compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest for the compliance professional. Top stories include: • Trump Administration says tariff refunds ‘will...By: Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist
NYDFS Teases Extensive New BNPL Requirements in Pre-Proposal Rulemaking Activity
New York’s pioneering Buy-Now/Pay-Later (“BNPL”) Law is one step closer to taking effect with the issuance of pre-proposed regulations by the state’s Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) on February 23, 2026....By: Mayer Brown
The European Banking Authority Issues Final Guidelines on Capital Endowment Requirements for Third-Country Branches Under CRD VI
On 2 March 2026, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published its Final Report on Guidelines Available For Third-Country Branches For Unrestricted and Immediate Use to Cover Risks or Losses Under Article 48E(2)(C) of Directive 2013/36/EU (the Report). As a quick recap, amendments introduced in Directive 2013/36/EU in the form of CRD VI require non-EEA banks and large investment firms offering cross-border banking services to do so via a branch or subsidiary established in the EEA....By: Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Enriched Opportunities: The UK's New Advanced Nuclear Framework
In February 2026, the UK’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (“DESNZ”) published the Advanced Nuclear Framework (the "Framework"). This is made up of two parts: first, the launch of the UK Advanced Nuclear Pipeline (the "Pipeline"); and second, a series of key policy, regulatory and institutional features designed to encourage private nuclear projects in the UK. This is a significant development for proponents of Small Modular Reactors ("SMRs"), Advanced Modular Reactors ("AMRs") and...By: Haynes Boone
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