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Data Privacy
China’s TC260 Issues Guidelines on GBA Personal Data Flows
23/11/2024
The guidelines set requirements for information processors and recipients in Mainland China and Hong Kong to ensure secure cross-border flow of personal information.
PEPs & Sanctions
OFAC Sanctions Six Senior Hamas Officials and Financiers
22/11/2024
OFAC said the targets facilitate terrorist activities, represent Hamas interests abroad, and coordinate transfers of money and goods into Gaza.
Structural Regulation
ASX Amends Position Reporting Framework, Operating Rules
21/11/2024
The changes aim to align terminology with global practice, clarify reporting requirements, and remove burdensome notification requirements.
Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime
Korea Extradites Russian National to US to Face Cybercrime Charges
21/11/2024
Evgenii Ptitsyn and co-conspirators developed and offered access to Phobos ransomware to enable others to encrypt victims’ data and extort ransom payments from them.
Trading & Investment
Dalian Commodity Exchange Launches Log Futures, Options
21/11/2024
The new contracts are expected to facilitate more open and transparent log pricing and enhance China’s influence in the global timber industry.
PEPs & Sanctions
UK Announces Sanctions Over Indoctrination of Ukrainian Children
21/11/2024
The FCDO said around 6,000 Ukrainian children have been relocated to a network of re-education camps where they are subjected to indoctrination.
PEPs & Sanctions
OFAC Fines Individual $1.1m for Violating Iran Sanctions
21/11/2024
The violations related to the individual’s use of an IVTS to remit funds to Iran to purchase, renovate, and operate a hotel.
AI Risk & Governance
IAIS Publishes Paper on Supervision of AI in Insurance Sector
21/11/2024
The paper aims to support supervisors when applying the Insurance Core Principles to promote appropriate and globally consistent oversight of the use of AI within the insurance sector.
Capital Adequacy
BCBS Issues Work Update, Calls for Full Basel III Implementation
21/11/2024
Next month BCBS will publish the final CCR guidelines, a report on the CCyB, and Korea’s NSFR and large exposures assessment reports.
Supervision & Enforcement
US Finalises Rule to Expand Enforcement Authorities of CFIUS
20/11/2024
The final rule increases penalties for violations and expands the types of information CFIUS can demand from transacting parties and third parties.
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