Financial Crime

    Supervision & Enforcement

    Lost in the Twilight Zone – China’s Financial Regulation

    By Peter Guy | 14/12/2015

    China’s regulation through selective enforcement instead of improving compliance creates more problems than it solves.

    Market Abuse

    Poachers Turned Gamekeepers

    By Samuel Riding | 08/12/2015

    How algorithmic trading technology is helping regulators spot market malpractice.

    KYC & CDD

    Compliance Demands More Talent Than Ever

    By Peter Guy | 08/12/2015

    Staff turnover and increasing responsibilities are forcing banks to redefine the role of compliance managers.

    Anti-Money Laundering

    Hong Kong AML Breaches Surge

    By Samuel Riding | 08/12/2015

    SFC uncovers 81 anti-money laundering breaches in third quarter of 2015.

    Anti-Bribery & Corruption

    ABC President Steps Down amid Probe

    By Samuel Riding | 08/12/2015

    Zhang Yun exits Agricultural Bank of China after reportedly being detained as part of corruption investigation.

    Credit Risk

    Vietnam Limits Bank Expansions

    By Samuel Riding | 08/12/2015

    State bank says lenders with NPL ratio of more than 3 percent cannot open new branches.

    Conduct, Culture & Accountability

    Out to Get You

    By Peter Guy | 07/12/2015

    Regulators now demand personal liability from bank compliance officers. It’s fuelling suspicion and resentment, and major changes to the compliance role.

    Market Abuse

    High Frequency Trading: Lessons for Asia

    By Samuel Riding | 03/12/2015

    US trader and HFT whistleblower Haim Bodek raises red flags for Asian brokers and regulators.

    Market Abuse

    Ensuring Fast, Fair Trading in Asia

    By Samuel Riding | 03/12/2015

    Reflecting on the Asian impact of rising fears, and prosecutions, of spoofing by high-frequency traders.

    Market Abuse

    Trading or Spoofing? A Legal Perspective from Singapore

    By Samuel Riding | 03/12/2015

    WongPartnership discusses whether Singapore’s existing regulatory framework is sufficient to distinguish valid trading and spoofing.

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