A curated calendar of important consultation deadlines, implementation dates and regulatory milestones affecting professional financial institutions.
Last researched and updated
Coverage period
12 September 2026–31 August 2027
Verified milestones
40
Jurisdictions and regions
11
This calendar is a curated professional information resource. It is not exhaustive and does not constitute legal, regulatory or compliance advice.
Upcoming Priority Deadlines
Selected near-term and strategically significant milestones, with priority given to Singapore, Hong Kong and the wider Asia-Pacific region.
Within 30 days
SME Customer Protection Regulation
Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates · United Arab Emirates
Compliance & ConductRule CommencementFinalBanks and finance companies
The CBUAE rulebook records commencement of the customer-protection regulation governing licensed banks and finance companies in their dealings with small and medium-sized enterprise customers.
Version 1.0.4 of the HKTR ISO 20022 Administration and Interface Development Guide becomes effective in user-acceptance testing environments, supporting the continuing migration of OTC derivatives reporting infrastructure.
Investment ManagementIndustry Response DeadlineConsultationAlternative investment fund managers
Deadline for responses to the FCA discussion chapters not covered by the extended consultation and prudential-reform deadline in CP26/28, concerning the future structure of the UK AIFM regime.
Digital AssetsConsultation DeadlineConsultationPayment and fintech stakeholders
Consultation closes on proposals to modernise the UK payment-services framework, including regulatory architecture relevant to tokenised payments, qualifying stablecoins and wholesale payment innovation.
Hong Kong Uncertificated Securities Market Implementation
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing · Hong Kong
Trading & MarketsImplementation DateFinalIssuers of prescribed securities and securities registrars
The uncertificated securities market implementation date takes effect. New applicants for specified prescribed securities must meet participating-securities requirements, while issuers of prescribed securities must have an approved securities registrar.
Ministry of Finance / Singapore Statutes Online · Singapore
Digital AssetsRule CommencementFinalReporting Singaporean crypto-asset service providers
Singapore’s regulations implementing the OECD Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework commence, establishing due-diligence and reporting rules for reporting Singaporean crypto-asset service providers covered by the legislation.
The further-extended compliance date applies to the 2024 amendments to Form PF for covered private-fund advisers, replacing the previously scheduled 1 October 2026 date.
Verified milestones are presented chronologically. Filters apply simultaneously to the full calendar.
September 2026
SME Customer Protection Regulation
Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates · United Arab Emirates
Compliance & ConductRule CommencementFinalBanks and finance companies
The CBUAE rulebook records commencement of the regulation addressing customer protection for small and medium-sized enterprise customers of banks and finance companies.
The regulation establishing minimum requirements for comprehensive operational-risk and operational-resilience frameworks enters into force for licensed financial institutions.
Investment ManagementIndustry Response DeadlineConsultationAlternative investment fund managers
Responses are due for the CP26/28 discussion chapters that are not subject to the separate extended deadline for the consultation and prudential-reform discussion.
Digital AssetsConsultation DeadlineConsultationPayment and fintech stakeholders
Consultation closes on modernisation of the UK payment-services framework, including issues relevant to tokenised payments, qualifying stablecoins and wholesale payment services.
EMIR Reporting Framework for Recognised Third-Country CCP Activity
European Securities and Markets Authority · European Union
Trading & MarketsConsultation DeadlineConsultationClearing members, clients and recognised third-country CCPs
Comments are due on ESMA’s proposed harmonised reporting framework, templates and format for clearing activity conducted at recognised third-country central counterparties.
European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority · European Union
Risk & CapitalConsultation DeadlineConsultationInsurance and reinsurance undertakings and groups
EIOPA’s consultations close on proposed valuation methodologies for insurance resolution, including provisional valuations and post-resolution assessments of creditor treatment.
UK AIFM Regime — Consultation and Prudential-Reform Responses
Financial Conduct Authority · United Kingdom
Investment ManagementConsultation DeadlineConsultationAlternative investment fund managers
Extended deadline for responses to the formal CP26/28 consultation and the discussion chapter addressing potential prudential reforms for UK alternative investment fund managers.
Banking & PrudentialConsultation DeadlineConsultationCredit institutions, deposit guarantee schemes and authorities
Four EBA consultations close on depositor information, information exchange, client-fund protection and investment of deposit-guarantee-scheme funds under the revised framework.
Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority · Singapore
Sustainable FinanceConsultation DeadlineConsultationCompanies and reporting stakeholders
Public feedback closes on draft Singapore standards based on IFRS S1 and IFRS S2 and intended to support Singapore’s climate-reporting and assurance roadmap.
Trading & MarketsImplementation DateFinalIssuers of prescribed securities and securities registrars
The USM implementation date activates requirements concerning participating securities and the appointment of approved securities registrars for prescribed securities.
EU AI Act — Pre-Existing Synthetic-Content Systems
European Union · European Union
Data & TechnologyTransitional MilestoneTransitionalProviders of relevant synthetic-content AI systems
Providers of AI systems generating synthetic audio, image, video or text content that were placed on the market before 2 August 2026 must comply with Article 50(2) by this date.
Net Settlement of Cash-Equity Transactions by FPIs
Securities and Exchange Board of India · India
Trading & MarketsTransitional MilestonePhased ImplementationForeign portfolio investors and custodians
SEBI’s official board materials state that the approved net-settlement proposal for outright FPI cash-equity transactions is to be implemented on or before this date.
U.S. Treasury Central Clearing — Cash Transactions
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · United States
Trading & MarketsImplementation DatePhased ImplementationCovered clearing-agency participants and market participants
The extended compliance deadline applies to eligible secondary-market cash transactions in U.S. Treasury securities under the SEC’s central-clearing requirements.
Ministry of Finance / Singapore Statutes Online · Singapore
Digital AssetsRule CommencementFinalReporting Singaporean crypto-asset service providers
The regulations implementing the OECD Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework commence, including due-diligence and reporting provisions for covered service providers.
Amendments to Singapore’s CRS regulations take effect, including provisions addressing newly covered financial accounts and interactions with crypto-asset service providers.
FATCA International Tax Compliance Amendment Regulations 2026
Ministry of Finance / Singapore Statutes Online · Singapore
Reporting & DisclosureRule CommencementFinalReporting Singaporean financial institutions and relevant trustees
Most provisions of Singapore’s 2026 amendments to the United States international tax-compliance regulations commence, including revised provisions for specified institutions and trusts.
NISM Certification for Compliance Officers of AIF Managers
Securities and Exchange Board of India · India
Compliance & ConductImplementation DateFinalManagers of alternative investment funds
Managers of AIFs must ensure that persons appointed as, or continuing to act as, compliance officers hold the specified NISM Series III-C certification.
Updated prudential standards supporting removal of Additional Tier 1 capital from Australia’s bank capital framework take effect, with transitional treatment for existing instruments.
The revised public-disclosure standard for information on capital, liquidity and risk exposures commences for covered authorised deposit-taking institutions.
Final prudential and reporting amendments intended to facilitate access to alternative reinsurance arrangements while maintaining policyholder protections take effect.
Risk & CapitalImplementation DateFinalPRA-regulated banks, building societies and investment firms within scope
The PRA’s Basel 3.1 policy, rules, supervisory statements, reporting requirements and related restatement of retained capital legislation take effect, except for the later market-risk internal-model phase.
IFRS 18 becomes effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after this date, replacing IAS 1 and introducing new presentation and management-performance-measure disclosures.
IFRS 19 Subsidiaries without Public Accountability: Disclosures
International Accounting Standards Board · Global
Reporting & DisclosureImplementation DateFinalEligible subsidiaries electing to apply IFRS 19
IFRS 19 becomes available for annual reporting periods beginning on or after this date, permitting eligible subsidiaries to use reduced disclosure requirements.
Banking & PrudentialImplementation DateFinalInternationally active banks, subject to national implementation
The BCBS implementation timeline records future versions of disclosure, operational-risk, scope and risk-based-capital chapters as effective from this date.
Instant Euro Payments — Non-Euro Member States Receiving Phase
European Union · European Union
Data & TechnologyImplementation DatePhased ImplementationRelevant payment service providers in non-euro Member States
Covered PSPs in Member States whose currency is not the euro must offer receipt of instant euro credit transfers and comply with the applicable instant-transfer charging requirements.
Digital AssetsRule CommencementFinalSecurities firms, issuers, intermediaries and infrastructure providers
Amendments establishing the legal basis for issuance and circulation of tokenised securities under the Electronic Registration Act and FSCMA are scheduled to take effect.
Instant Euro Payments — EMI and Payment-Institution Phase
European Union · European Union
Data & TechnologyImplementation DatePhased ImplementationRelevant electronic money institutions and payment institutions
Relevant EMIs and payment institutions in euro-area Member States must offer sending and receiving instant euro credit transfers; relevant institutions in non-euro states must offer receipt.
ETFs entering the stated grace period and again failing the revised eligibility criteria at the 31 December 2026 examination are scheduled for deselection from issues eligible for margin-transaction loans.
The extended compliance deadline applies to covered repurchase and reverse-repurchase transactions in U.S. Treasury securities under the SEC central-clearing requirements.
Trading & MarketsTransitional MilestoneTransitionalExisting structured-product issuers and guarantors
Existing issuers and guarantors covered by the 12-month transition must comply with the revised issuer-eligibility, disclosure and ongoing-obligation requirements on or before this date.
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission / Commodity Futures Trading Commission · United States
Reporting & DisclosureImplementation DateTransitionalCertain SEC-registered advisers to private funds
The further-extended compliance date applies to the 2024 Form PF amendments for covered private-fund advisers, replacing the previously scheduled October 2026 date.
Instant Euro Payments — Non-Euro Member States Sending Phase
European Union · European Union
Data & TechnologyImplementation DatePhased ImplementationRelevant payment service providers in non-euro Member States
Covered payment service providers in Member States whose currency is not the euro must offer the service of sending instant euro credit transfers, subject to statutory derogations.
The CBUAE rulebook records the effective date for standards covering the Takaful operational model, Wakala requirements and controls for establishing Takaful insurance funds.
EU AI Act — Pre-Existing General-Purpose AI Models
European Union · European Union
Data & TechnologyTransitional MilestoneTransitionalProviders of general-purpose AI models placed on the market before 2 August 2025
Providers of general-purpose AI models placed on the market before 2 August 2025 must take the necessary steps to comply with the applicable EU AI Act obligations by this date.
Specialist Technology and De-SPAC Temporary Modifications End
Securities and Futures Commission / Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing · Hong Kong
Trading & MarketsTransitional MilestoneTransitionalChapter 18C applicants and relevant De-SPAC transactions
The stated three-year implementation period for temporary modifications to initial market-capitalisation and independent-investment requirements ends, subject to any subsequent official review or amendment.
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Professional Notice
This calendar is a curated informational resource and is not exhaustive. It is not legal, regulatory or compliance advice. Applicability varies according to entity, activity and jurisdiction, and dates or requirements may be amended, postponed or superseded. Users must consult official sources and appropriately qualified advisers. Official regulator and legislative publications remain authoritative.
Disclaimer
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