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AML / KYC
ASIC Cautions Against Purchasing ‘Fake Green Bonds’
21/05/2022
ASIC says retail investors who are approached to invest in green bonds should ask their banks for help to check the legitimacy of the offer.
Market Infrastructure
LME Proposes to Enhance Reporting of OTC Metals Trades
21/05/2022
Banks would be required to report all off-exchange trades in aluminium, copper, nickel, tin and zinc on a weekly basis.
Securities / Derivatives
New Zealand Fund Manager Fees Overshadow Performance: FMA
20/05/2022
Fund managers are showing repeatable performance but the “benefits of their skill” are being overshadowed by fees and commissions paid to third parties.
Shanghai Directs Exchanges, FIs to Resume On-site Operations
20/05/2022
864 financial institutions are on a list of white-listed entities that are allowed to start sending employees back to the office. The list will be updated weekly.
Enforcement
RBNZ Finalises Guidelines on Enforcement Principles and Criteria
19/05/2022
The enforcement principles guide RBNZ’s investigation and enforcement strategy. The enforcement criteria help determine the appropriate enforcement response to non-compliance.
AML / KYC
US Warns Against Inadvertent Hiring of DPRK IT Workers
19/05/2022
North Korean IT workers may try to obtain employment building crypto exchange platforms and then use the infrastructure to launder money and evade sanctions.
Fintech / Regtech
SEBI Seeks to Ban Celebs from Promoting, Endorsing Crypto
19/05/2022
SEBI suggested to a parliamentary committee that prominent public figures be barred from promoting or endorsing crypto products.
Market Infrastructure
HK PCPD Issues Guidance on Cross-border Data Transfers
19/05/2022
Recommended model contractual clauses are provided for scenarios where personal data is transferred across borders to another data user or to a data processor.
MAS Revises Notice on Unsecured Credit Facilities for Retail
19/05/2022
Banks should not increase credit limits if the total outstanding unsecured credit would exceed 6 times the borrower’s monthly income.
Enforcement
HK ICAC Charges Ex-Sunway Employee for Money Laundering
19/05/2022
A former personal assistant helped his boss to launder HKD 125 million borrowed from listed company Sunway International Holdings.
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