Key developments during the week 9-13 March 2026:
13 March
- Council of the EU: agreed position to streamline rules on Artificial Intelligence
- EIOPA: seeking stakeholder input to further improve data collection for insurers and pension funds
12 March
- ECB Opinion of 13 March 2026 on a proposal for a Regulation as regards the simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (CON/2026/10)
- Financial Stability Board (FSB): kick off of new implementation phase to enhance cross-border payments through public-private partnership
- Committee on the Global Financial System (CGFS): Foreign currency funding risk and cross-border liquidity
- ESMA: Actions to simplify the Retail Investor Journey and make investing more accessible
11 March
- ECB/Eurosystem: Appia Roadmap for Europe’s Tokenised Finance (Appia – paving the way for a future ready, integrated financial ecosystem leveraging tokenisation and DLT)
- ESMA: First Risk Monitoring Report for 2026 – EU Financial Markets enter 2026 amid High-risk Environment
- OECD: headline inflation slows in January 2026, yet prices are almost 36% above pre-COVID-19 levels
10 March
- ECB Opinion of 10 March 2026 on a proposed Regulation as regards the simplification of the digital legislative framework (Digital Omnibus) (CON/2026/9)
- ECB/SSM: sanctions to Nordea subsidiary for breaching limit on large exposures
