Nor’easter expected to disrupt travel, flood basements, knock out power along US East Coast

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has a new sheriff in town – and he’s rewriting the rulebook. In conversation with Risk.net, the CFTC’s new director of enforcement, David Miller, repeatedly signposts an end to “the era of regulation by enforcement”. “The age of trying to exact a tax on an industry through various types of…

The Securities and Exchange Commission is moving to rescind a rule overseeing when advisors may provide services to government clients and when they may make political contributions, arguing the regulation infringes on protected speech. The rules in question are amendments to the Advisers Act, approved in 2010, that prohibit advisors from “providing compensated investment advisory…

Delinquencies in Bank of Montreal’s Canadian mortgage portfolio continued to rise in the third quarter, although losses remained low and the bank reported signs of stabilization elsewhere in its consumer loan book. The share of residential mortgages at least 90 days past due reached 0.56% as of July 31, up from 0.51% in the previous…

Doctors and patients are excited about the possible breakthrough, but some analysts believe there’s too much hype.

Brazil is preparing to strengthen safeguards against cryptocurrency-related fraud through a new regulatory measure that introduces a mandatory waiting period for certain outbound transfers. The Central Bank of Brazil (Banco Central do Brasil) published Resolution BCB No. 584/2026 on August 7, 2026, amending earlier fraud-prevention rules to specifically cover virtual asset service providers. The changes…

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) has begun the formal process of seeking US approval for single-stock perpetual contracts that would trade around the clock. In an official company post on September 3, the exchange said it is working to bring those products onshore and that it filed SEC notice registrations this week for both its derivatives exchange and…