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AML / KYC
GLEIF, SWIFT Collaborate to Enable Mapping Between MICs and LEIs
15/11/2022
GLEIF will publish new open-source relationship files monthly which will map Market Identifier Codes pertaining to legal entities to the corresponding LEIs.
Crypto / Digital Assets
Singapore and Hong Kong Regulators Address FTX Queries
15/11/2022
MAS said FTX is neither licensed nor exempt from licensing in Singapore. Hong Kong’s SFC said licensed fund managers’ exposure to FTX is “immaterial”.
AML / KYC
New US Sanctions Target Network Procuring Tech for Russia
15/11/2022
OFAC sanctions target microelectronics supply network. European Commission issues new FAQs. Canada targets 23 Russian individuals.
Securities / Derivatives
UOB Lists First Product on SGX Using Shenzhen ETF Link
15/11/2022
The SGX-listed ETF replicates the performance of SZSE’s ChiNext Index by investing in a Shenzhen-listed ETF managed by Ping An Fund Management.
Enforcement
US SEC Expands Staff Messaging Probe to Private Equity Firms
15/11/2022
KKR & Co, Apollo Global Management and Carlyle Group have disclosed that they are subject to the SEC’s regulatory probe.
Crypto / Digital Assets
EU Parliament Adopts DORA Text, Enforcement Expected in 2025
14/11/2022
New requirements on network and information system security will apply to all financial system participants, including crypto firms and cloud services providers.
Capital / Liquidity
HKMA Proposes Changes to Approach for Setting CCyB
14/11/2022
The HKMA proposes to maintain a Positive Neutral CCyB of 1 percent even when its primary indicators maybe signal a lower applicable CCyB.
Crypto / Digital Assets
BISIH to Tackle Key CBDC Challenges with Project Tourbillon
14/11/2022
Project Tourbillon aims to reconcile trade-offs between cyber resiliency, scalability, and privacy through experimentation with a prototype CBDC.
ESG / Sustainability
UK Think Tank Accuses Singapore’s Sembcorp of Greenwashing
14/11/2022
The allegations relate to Sembcorp’s sale of its India coal business while still retaining “substantial liabilities” and “operational influence”.
AML / KYC
UK OFSI Has Frozen Over $21b of Russian Linked Assets
13/11/2022
Russia has overtaken Libya and Iran to become the UK’s most-sanctioned nation, the OFSI said in its annual review.
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