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International
Clearing & Post-Trade
ISDA Confirms Plans to Develop Industry Notices Hub
By Editors | 01/07/2024
ISDA received “strong support” for the plan and will now work with S&P Global Market Intelligence and Linklaters to build the platform.
PEPs & Sanctions
US Sanctions 3 Entities, 11 Vessels Over Iran’s ‘Nuclear Escalations’
By Editors | 01/07/2024
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Iran’s plans to further expand its nuclear programme “have no credible peaceful purpose”.
PEPs & Sanctions
EU Imposes New Restrictive Measures Against Belarus
By Editors | 01/07/2024
The measures mirror several of the restrictive measures already in place against Russia to address circumvention.
Anti-Money Laundering
FATF Adds Monaco, Venezuela to Grey List; Removes Two Others
By Manesh Samtani | 01/07/2024
The Plenary also adopted two new country assessments and approved five priorities for the incoming Mexican Presidency.
Resolution & Recovery
ISDA Launches Framework On Termination of Derivatives Contracts
By Nithya Subramanian | 28/06/2024
The ISDA Close-out Framework serves as a preparatory resource, enabling firms to coordinate internal business functions, stakeholders and other service providers.
PEPs & Sanctions
Canada Issues New Sanctions Over Settler Violence in West Bank
By Editors | 28/06/2024
Seven individuals and five entities were sanctioned for facilitating acts of violence by Israeli extremist settlers against Palestinians.
Reporting & Disclosures
ISSB Commits to Driving Global Harmonisation in New Work Plan
By Editors | 27/06/2024
The new two-year work includes work to streamline and consolidate frameworks and standards for disclosures about transition plans.
Anti-Money Laundering
Iraq’s Al-Huda Bank Cut Off from US Financial System
By Editors | 27/06/2024
FinCEN rule identifies Al-Huda Bank as a “foreign financial institution of primary money laundering concern”.
PEPs & Sanctions
OFAC Fines Italian Animation Company for Sanctions Violations
By Editors | 27/06/2024
Mondo TV made wire transfers via US financial institutions to an animation studio owned by the North Korean government.
Anti-Money Laundering
New AMLA to Receive EBA’s AML/CFT Powers by End 2025
By Editors | 27/06/2024
The EBA said it will transfer its AML/CFT powers and mandates to the AMLA by the end of December 2025.
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