Europe Reg Desk

Wednesday, 2026-09-02 · covering the last 24h

EU & ESMA

No material ESMA, European Commission DG FISMA or EBA items in the window. The T+1 transition, MiFIR review/consolidated tape, Listing Act and CSDR refits have nothing new to report; the next ECB Governing Council decision remains 9–10 September.

United Kingdom

London Stock Exchange to launch tokenised UK equity structures with Payward. LSEG announced 1 September, subject to FCA approval, plans to list tokenised versions of UK-listed shares ("xStocks") for trading on its planned 24-hour venue, LSE 24, from 2027. Payward (Kraken's parent) intends to make the 100 largest LSE-listed equities available as xStocks via the Kraken/xStocks Alliance platforms outside the UK "in the coming weeks" — UK investors are excluded for now — and the two firms are exploring use of LSEG's Digital Securities Depository for settlement and asset servicing. LSEG press release

No other material FCA, Bank of England/MPC or PRA items in the window. The next MPC decision remains 17 September.

National & exchanges

No material items from BaFin/Deutsche Börse, AMF/Euronext, Consob/Borsa Italiana, CNMV/BME, AFM, SIX or Nasdaq Nordic in the window. No SNB, Riksbank, Norges Bank or Danmarks Nationalbank decisions today; Norges Bank and Danmarks Nationalbank next decide 24 September, the SNB 25 September and the Riksbank 30 September.

Informational only — summaries of public regulatory and central bank sources; not advice.