Global Trustee and Fiduciary Services Bite-Sized Issue 4 2025

16 Global Trustee and Fiduciary Services Bite-Sized | Issue 4 | 2025 Publication Release date Link International IOSCO Publishes Consultation Report on Neo-Brokers 12March 2025 Link to Consultation here Science Based Targets initiative launches draft Corporate Net-Zero Standard V2 for consultation 18March 2025 Link to Consultation here IOSCO Launches New Alerts Portal to Help Combat Retail Investment Fraud 20March 2025 Link to IOSCOMedia Release here BIS Papers – No.154 – The AI supply chain 31 March 2025 Link to BIS Paper here Asia Pacific Hong Kong’s SFC Publishes Latest SFC Quarterly Report 6March 2025 Link to SFC Quarterly Report here Speech by Joe Longo, Chair, ASIC: The times they are a-changin’– but directors’ duties aren’t 12March 2025 Link to Speech here Speech by KelvinWong Chairman, SFC: Building on Hong Kong’s Solid Foundation as Financial Centre to Foster Development through Collaboration 14March 2025 Link to Speech here Hong Kong’s securities industry posted broad-based growth in 2024 26March 2025 Link to SFC Report here North America SEC Staff Facilitates Capital Formation for Companies Planning Public Offerings 3March 2025 Link to SEC Press Release here CFTC’s Office of Customer Education and Outreach Releases New Advisory on Fraud Using Generative AI 19March 2025 Link to CFTC Advisory here SEC staff issues two new FAQs regarding compliance with Advisers Act “marketing rule” 19March 2025 Link to FAQs here CFTC Staff Issues Interpretation Regarding Financial Reporting Requirements for Japanese Nonbank Swap Dealers 20March 2025 Link to Press Release here SEC Crypto Task Force to Host Four More Roundtables 25March 2025 Link to Announcement here CFTC Staff Withdraws Advisory on Virtual Currency Derivative Product Listings 28March 2025 Link to Press Release here Europe European Commission Podcast: The one about climate benchmarks 4March 2025 Link to Podcast here European Commission Notice on EU Taxonomy 5March 2025 Link to Note here ESMA publishes Guidelines on explanations and opinions, and the standardised test for crypto-assets under MiCA 10March 2025 Link to ESMAWebpage here Platformon Sustainable Finance report: Monitoring capital flows to sustainable investments 11 March 2025 Link to Report here ESMA overview of planned consultation papers 2025 13March 2025 Link to Overview here ESMA publish Guidelines on the conditions and criteria for the qualification of crypto-assets as financial instruments 19March 2025 Link to ESMAWebpage here Speech by FrancescoMazzaferro, Head of the ESRB Secretariat: Taking a system-wide approach to assessing the adequacy of the macroprudential framework for non-bank financial institutions in the EU 19March 2025 Link to Speech here EBA Q&A: Should an open-end investment fund be considered an obligor under Art. 178 (1) CRR, irrespective of whether it has legal personality under a Member States’ regulations on investment funds? 21 March 2025 Link to Q&A here EC Platformon Sustainable Finance report: Streamlining Sustainable Finance for SMEs 21 March 2025 Link to Report here EC Platformon Sustainable Finance publishes updated version of its Handbook of climate transition benchmarks and Paris-aligned benchmarks 21 March 2025 Link to Updated Report here