International

Anti-Money Laundering

Australia Tackles Illicit Funds in A$11 Trillion Real Estate Market

By Nathan Lynch | 15/04/2025

AUSTRAC is preparing to use its new enforcement powers to combat illicit funds flowing through the booming real estate market, writes Nathan Lynch.

PEPs & Sanctions

OFSI Publishes Threat Assessment for Property Services Sector

By Manesh Samtani | 15/04/2025

The report finds that small-scale property services firms and sole practitioners are more likely to have facilitated Russia-related breaches.

Anti-Money Laundering

Shedding Light on HSBC’s Use of Machine Learning in Transaction Monitoring

By Manesh Samtani | 14/04/2025

Olivier Franses talks to Regulation Asia about HSBC’s use of machine learning in transaction monitoring, the challenges of implementation, and the resulting benefits.

Climate Risk

BNM Leads ASEAN Push to Green Supply Chains

By Nithya Subramanian | 13/04/2025

Drawing from Malaysia’s GVC programme, the UNDP, BNM and ADB published a playbook to help ASEAN SMEs decarbonise.

PEPs & Sanctions

OFAC Unveils New Sanctions Targeting Iran Oil Shipments to Asia

By Manesh Samtani | 11/04/2025

An Indian national, his India- and UAE-based companies, dozens of vessels, and a Chinese oil storage terminal were targeted.

Tokenisation

Regulatory Fragmentation Hindering Growth of Tokenised Finance – Report

By Thisanka Siripala | 10/04/2025

Regulatory fragmentation, cross-platform settlement and token contract standardisation are the key challenges to to widespread adoption of tokenised financial assets.

Reporting & Disclosures

IFRS Foundation, TNFD to Partner on Nature-related Disclosures

By ESG Investor | 10/04/2025

TNFD’s disclosure recommendations will be incorporated in the development of the ISSB’s sustainability reporting standards.

Structural Regulation

China Adds 18 More US Entities to Export Blacklists

By Manesh Samtani | 10/04/2025

Chinese and European leaders have agreed to work together to safeguard free trade in response to the US tariffs, most of which have been suddenly paused.

Cloud & Infrastructure

GLEIF Certifies Hong Kong Firm as Qualified vLEI Issuer

By Editors | 10/04/2025

Certizen Technology’s qualification represents another significant milestone in the development of the vLEI ecosystem, said GLEIF CEO Alexandre Kech.