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AML / KYC
FMA Launches Legal Action Against InvestNow for Breaching AML Rules
By Editors | 22/12/2024
The FMA said it considers failures by retail investment platform InvestNow to be “significant and, in some respects, systemic.”
Enforcement
RBI Removes Business Restrictions on Two Edelweiss Group Firms
By Editors | 22/12/2024
The RBI is satisfied that adequate remedial measures have been put in place at the two entities to address its earlier supervisory concerns.
Crypto / Digital Assets
US SEC Fines Unit of Jump Trading Over TerraUSD Collapse
By Editors | 21/12/2024
The SEC said Tai Mo Shan Limited deceived the market about TerraUSD’s stability while purchasing the stablecoin to restore its peg.
Sanctions
OFAC Announces Two New Settlements for Sanctions Violations
By Editors | 20/12/2024
An individual US person violated Magnitsky sanctions and a US manufacturer of musical instruments violated Iran sanctions.
Enforcement
Hong Kong ICAC, Competition Commission to Enhance Collaboration
By Manesh Samtani | 19/12/2024
The ICAC and the Competition Commission signed an MoU to enhance collaboration in combating corruption and anti-competitive conduct
Enforcement
JSDA Fines Nomura Over JGB Futures Manipulation Case
By Editors | 19/12/2024
The FSA, OSE and TSE have each already penalised Nomura Securities for JGB futures manipulation by one of its traders in March 2021.
Sanctions
US Sanctions 7 Targets for Aiding Iranian UAV Development
By Editors | 19/12/2024
One of the sanctioned individuals supplied technology used by Iran to kill three US service members in Jordan earlier this year.
Capital / Liquidity
FDIC to Pursue Legal Action Against 17 Former SVB Executives
By Editors | 19/12/2024
Chairman Martin Gruenberg said the executives breached their duties by mismanaging Silicon Valley Bank’s securities portfolios.
Enforcement
New Zealand FMA Censures Pathfinder for Misleading Representations
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 18/12/2024
The FMA said Pathfinder Asset Management should have included information in social media ads about exceptions permitted by its ethical investment policy
Enforcement
Australia Settles Meta Lawsuit Over Cambridge Analytica Scandal
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 18/12/2024
Meta agreed to pay A$50 million to compensate Australian Facebook users who had their personal information disclosed without consent.
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