In brief
On 7 February 2024, the European Parliament voted the proposed Directive amending the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (2011/61/EU) (AIFMD) and the UCITS...
In brief
The Financial Regulatory Authority (“FRA”) recently published regulations setting out the requirements for establishment and licensing for companies seeking to offer certain non-banking...
The Financial Services Business (Enforcement Powers) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2020 (“the Enforcement Powers Law”)
The Regulation of Fiduciaries, Administration Businesses and Company Directors, etc....
Date of prohibition order pursuant to section 33 of The Financial Services Business (Enforcement Powers) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2020 and prohibited functions:
From 1...
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Discrepancy report – how to react?
Lately, quite a few companies have received so-called discrepancy reports from the German Federal Gazette (“Bundesanzeiger“), the authority...
The Financial Services Business (Enforcement Powers) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2020 (the “Enforcement Powers Law”)
The Regulation of Fiduciaries, Administration Businesses and Company Directors, etc...
AUSTRAC has announced its regulatory priorities for the year ahead, detailing how we plan to bolster the financial system’s resilience to money laundering, terrorism...
Any person will be able to secure him/herself from situations when fraudsters take out a loan on his/her behalf and to voluntarily refuse to conclude loan agreements. The State Duma adopted such law.
To “switch on” the mechanism, an individual...
More than nine million of non-qualified investors that are clients of major brokers passed a test before purchasing complex financial instruments over the two years after the procedure was launched. A third of the investors...
On 9 January 2024, the Parliament of Singapore passed the Significant Investments Review Bill (“Bill“).
This Bill strengthens the Singapore government’s regulatory toolkit for investments...
The Commission has today issued an updated Handbook on Countering Financial Crime (AML/CFT/CPF) following a consultation on rules and guidance to support the extension...
Good afternoon,
Today, we have made the decision to keep the key rate at 16.0% per annum.
Last year, we could observe a surge in inflation. This implies that the economy was growing at a pace above its potential. In other words,...