The Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency (Hanfa) and the Ministry of Finance held the first Quarterly Capital Markets Consultation of 2026, with organisational support from the Croatian Chamber of Economy, to exchange views with capital market participants on current regulatory and market infrastructure topics. The agenda covered proposed amendments to the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), including the introduction of new financial product categories based on sustainability level, alongside Croatia’s preliminary position and joint Hanfa and Ministry of Finance comments prepared for Council of the EU-level negotiations; supervised entities were invited to submit views on the proposals. Participants also discussed the European Commission initiative to shorten the securities settlement cycle from T+2 to T+1, drawing on the EU T+1 Securities Settlement Handbook and the EU T+1 Industry Committee Readiness Survey conducted at the end of 2025. The Central Depository and Clearing Company (CDCC) presented new functionalities for electronic attendance and voting at company general meetings via its system and announced that it will implement anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing regulations from 10 July 2027. Next steps include collecting market feedback on the SFDR proposals and preparation for the CDCC’s planned AML/CTF implementation date.

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