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PEPs & Sanctions
UK OFSI Issues Guidance on Assessing Ownership and Control
20/03/2023
Updated guidance sets out expectations around the due diligence that should be performed to assess whether entities are owned or controlled by designated persons.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
Biden Seeks to Hold Executives Accountable for Bank Failures
20/03/2023
Joe Biden is asking Congress to make it easier for regulators to fine and ban executives of failed banks and claw back compensation.
Resolution & Recovery
IMF Approves $3b Funding Arrangement for Sri Lanka
20/03/2023
The Executive Board’s decision enables an immediate disbursement worth $333mn million. Sri Lanka agreed to fiscal, monetary, governance and anti-corruption reforms.
Capital Adequacy
HKMA Proposes BELR, BCR Changes to Implement Basel III
20/03/2023
Proposed changes to the banking exposure limits rules and the banking capital rules are open for comment until 21 April.
Cryptocurrency
Ripple’s Rahul Advani Discusses Regulatory Landscape for Digital Assets
20/03/2023
Rahul Advani, Policy Director for APAC at Ripple, discusses the regulatory landscape for digital assets and the potential for a globally harmonised framework.
Liquidity Risk
Central Banks Coordinate Action to Ensure Global USD Liquidity
20/03/2023
From Monday until at least the end of April, the Fed and other central banks will make US dollars available on a daily basis, rather than weekly.
Resolution & Recovery
SVB Financial Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
20/03/2023
The bankruptcy filing means SVB Financial can apply to the courts to resume activities while it looks for buyers for its assets.
Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime
LME Discovers Nickel Bags Containing Stones at Warehouse
19/03/2023
The already embattled LME is postponing the reopening of Asian trading to allow its warehouse operators to recheck warranted nickel.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
China MOF Fines Deloitte for Huarong Audit Failures
19/03/2023
Deloitte’s China arm was fined a record CNY 212 million for “serious” deficiencies in its audit work for China Huarong Asset Management between 2014 and 2019.
Trading & Investment
KRX Chief Calls for Full Lifting of Short Selling Restrictions
19/03/2023
KRX chief Sohn Byung Doo says the complete resumption of short selling will help Korea win inclusion in MSCI’s developed markets index.
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