News, standards updates and audit guidance for crypto-accounting teams, covering reporting, compliance and regulatory developments.
Liechtenstein FMA confirms AQL AG's insurance mediation licence has lapsed after the firm voluntarily surrendered it, signalling a tighter licensing environment that accounting firms serving EEA-regulated clients must track.
Norway's tax authority recorded a sharp rise in criminal convictions and sentence severity in 2025, signalling a materially higher enforcement risk for firms and advisers operating in the Norwegian market.
Skatteetaten publicly defends its statutory right to copy business devices during tax audits, signaling heightened enforcement risk for firms with digital-first record-keeping in Norway
AFM's €170k penalty against bunq for delayed fraud-complaint responses signals tightening consumer-protection enforcement that compliance teams at payment service providers and their auditors must take seriously.
AFM and BFT joint inspection finds Dutch audit firms aware of Russia sanctions risk but lacking robust controls, client-screening depth, and fraud-risk disclosures in audit opinions
AFM thematic review finds trading venues have only partial DORA ICT risk framework compliance, with specific gaps in security monitoring, access controls, logging, and group-level policy governance
AFM's thematic review exposes five recurring PEP due-diligence failures at Dutch financial firms, with direct implications for crypto-asset service providers and their compliance frameworks
AFM enforcement action against Euronext Amsterdam for breaching CSDR open-access obligations signals heightened EU market infrastructure scrutiny relevant to firms tracking settlement and clearing compliance
AFM's 2025 SREP market review finds Dutch financial firms have adequate policies on paper but chronic gaps in execution, ICT risk management, and accountability structures, with direct implications for firms using crypto accounting software in regulated environments.
Dutch appellate court upholds AFM disciplinary ruling against external auditor for deficient statutory audits and audit-file manipulation, confirming a three-month register suspension
ESMA's €2.145M fine against Moody's Germany signals that reporting data quality and internal controls are live enforcement targets for all CRA-regulated entities in the EU.
ASIC's $20.5M penalty proceeding against ASX over misleading CHESS replacement disclosures signals heightened scrutiny of DLT project governance and market announcements for listed entities and their advisers.
The AMF's €1.2m spoofing sanctions against a German derivatives firm have survived every appeal stage, including the Cour de cassation, confirming cross-border jurisdiction over Eurex-listed futures linked to French sovereign bonds.
The AMF sanctions commission issued a formal warning to a French asset manager and its president for multiple professional obligation failures, later reinforced on appeal by the Conseil d'État in 2023, with non-anonymous publication ordered for three years.
AMF deregisters AUTOMATA France SAS as a PSAN from 30 June 2026, citing unauthorised crowdfunding activity and fitness failures, with ordered wind-down obligations now in effect
The AMF Sanctions Commission fined an unnamed investment services provider EUR 220,000 for five professional obligation failures covering order record-keeping, best-execution policy, and client incident disclosure, covering conduct between 2014 and 2016.
ESMA signals that prediction market event contracts are already caught by existing EU retail prohibitions, creating urgent product classification and compliance obligations for CASPs and their auditors.
ASIC's wind-up action against 12 companies for unlicensed financial services and four years of missed audited financial statements is a sharp reminder that audit lodgement failures and unlicensed advice carry existential regulatory risk in Australia.
ASIC charges a permanently disqualified SMSF auditor who continued signing off on 56 entities and fabricated 47 audit reports, exposing the compliance risk for accounting firms relying on third-party auditors
ASIC's $20.5M Federal Court penalty against ASX for misleading CHESS replacement disclosures sets a precedent for market operator disclosure standards and signals heightened regulatory scrutiny of technology project updates in Australia.
ASIC's DDO stop orders against Stratfund expose how TMD deficiencies in private credit funds create acute regulatory and compliance risk for accounting firms and CFOs advising on alternative investment structures
ASIC's rolling Federal Court enforcement against Australian Fiduciaries and 30+ related entities signals serious risks for accounting firms and auditors serving SMSF clients exposed to complex managed investment scheme structures
ASIC's escalating enforcement action against Melbourne adviser Ferras Merhi, covering asset freezes, travel restraints, winding-up orders and the conduct allegations that accounting firms and compliance officers need to track
ASIC's successful continuous disclosure action against Rex Airlines signals tightened accountability for listed entity boards and raises record-keeping questions relevant to firms advising ASX-listed clients.
