SFC issues binding guidance requiring securities issuers to amend terms of issue for uncertificated securities regime

Hong Kong securities issuers must amend their articles of association and appoint an approved securities registrar before the uncertificated securities regime binds them.

HKMA ·

EU Council sanctions four Israeli settler organisations and three individuals under Global Human Rights regime

Sanctions-screening teams must add the seven Israeli-settler designations with director-level linkage checks before next funds-transfer cycle

EUR-Lex ·

OFAC removes 76 outdated SDN entries — first wave of sanctions modernization effort

Sanctions screening teams must update SDN lists for OFAC's 76-entry modernization removal effective 28 May 2026

OFAC ·

MAS amends MLA and LCR requirements for merchant banks in Singapore (Notice 1015), effective 1 September 2026

Merchant banks in Singapore must meet amended MLA/LCR requirements and adopt the revised Form 2 from 1 September 2026

MAS ·

MAS amends MLA and LCR requirements for banks in Singapore (Notice 649), effective 1 September 2026

Banks in Singapore must meet amended MLA/LCR requirements and adopt the revised Form 2 from 1 September 2026

MAS ·

MAS amends MLA and LCR requirements for predominantly-banking financial holding companies (Notice FHC-N649), effective 1 September 2026

Predominantly-banking financial holding companies in Singapore must meet amended MLA/LCR requirements and adopt the revised Form 2 from 1 September 2026

MAS ·

Securities Commission Malaysia revises Equity Guidelines with new MAIN and ACE Market listing requirements effective 3 June 2026

Companies planning Bursa Malaysia listings must meet higher MAIN and ACE Market requirements ahead of the 3 June 2026 effective date

SC Malaysia ·

Switzerland makes medical device registration mandatory in swissdamed

Medical device companies must register Swiss-market devices in swissdamed from 1 July 2026 or lose Swiss-market compliance

SECO ·

OFAC adds Francesca Paola Albanese to SDN List under EO 14203 (ICC-related)

US persons must block all transactions with the SDN-listed individual; US service providers must screen before engaging or paying her

OFAC ·