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Liquidity Risk
India to Establish Backstop Fund for Corporate Debt Market
19/02/2023
SBI Mutual Fund will administer the $4bn fund, which will be 90% funded by the government and 10% by asset managers.
PEPs & Sanctions
US, UK Sanction Bulgarian Nationals for Corruption Offences
19/02/2023
The UK issued sanctions under its Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regime. The US sanctions were imposed under the Magnitsky Act.
Anti-Money Laundering
All Crypto ATMs Operating in the UK Are Illegal: FCA
18/02/2023
No crypto ATM operators currently have FCA registration, but the locations of several such machines have been established by authorities.
Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime
Australia to Explore Introduction of SMS Sender ID Register
18/02/2023
The government has asked ACMA to investigate different SMS sender ID register models that can help prevent scams and to report back to the government.
Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime
Trafigura Suffers $577m Fraud Involving Fake Nickel Shipments
17/02/2023
156 containers that were supposed to contain nickel turned out to contain carbon steel, which is worth a fraction of the price.
Credit Risk
Korea to Improve System for Requesting Lower Loan Rates
17/02/2023
The right to request a lower loan interest rate was made law but acceptance of such requests in the financial sector has continued to be rare.
Market Data & Technology
China Trials Platform for Investors to Check Fund Holdings
17/02/2023
A “Fund E Account” platform will provide a “one-stop” service for individual investors to query information about all their holdings in public funds.
Structural Regulation
Australia Proposals to Regulate BNPL Gains Widespread Support
17/02/2023
AFCA has received more than 3,300 complaints against BNPL providers since 2018. ASIC supports regulating BNPL under the National Credit Act.
PEPs & Sanctions
China Sanctions US Defence Firms Over Taiwan Weapons Sales
17/02/2023
Lockheed Martin and a unit of Raytheon Technologies were added to China’s “Unreliable Entity List”. The notice requires both to pay fines.
Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime
Crypto Crime Rose to Over $20b in 2022: Chainalysis
17/02/2023
Overall, Chainalysis says illicit activity in cryptocurrency remains a small share of total volume at less than 1 percent.
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