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Credit Risk
Korea Proposes Measures to Help Financial Firms Expand Overseas
05/11/2023
Financial companies within a holding group will be allowed to extend an additional credit to overseas subsidiaries.
PEPs & Sanctions
US Congress Proposes New Sanctions on HK Judiciary
05/11/2023
The proposed legislation would direct the US President to consider sanctioning 49 individuals involved in prosecuting National Security Law cases.
Cryptocurrency
FCA Finalises Guidance on Cryptoasset Financial Promotions
05/11/2023
Crypto promotions should apply the Consumer Duty; finfluencers should disclose commercial relationships; regulated status should not be used in a promotional way.
Anti-Money Laundering
Japanese Regional Banks Form Partnership on AML/CFT
05/11/2023
Three regional banks will use the same centralised service platform to perform AML/CFT operations.
Anti-Bribery & Corruption
China Bars CCP Officials from Investing in PE Funds
05/11/2023
The CCDI said it found Party officials who abused their powers to support firms they’d invested in through PE funds.
Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime
US Jury Convicts FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried on Fraud Charges
03/11/2023
Bankman-Fried faces up to 110 years in prison when he is sentenced in March. He also faces another trial for alleged foreign bribery and bank fraud conspiracies.
Trading & Investment
Bursa Malaysia Enables Investor Access to Chinese Soybean Oil Price
03/11/2023
This is the first time a Chinese derivatives exchange has authorised an Asian exchange to incorporate Chinese commodity futures settlement prices into a product offering.
Tokenisation
HSBC Tokenises Ownership of Physical Gold
03/11/2023
HSBC has developed the capability to create a ‘digital twin’ of physical gold that is custodied in its London vault.
PEPs & Sanctions
US Targets Entities in China, Turkey, UAE in Latest Round of Russia Sanctions
03/11/2023
US Treasury and State Departments sanction more than 200 targets in several countries, as US Commerce Department adds 13 Russian companies to its Entity List.
Trading & Investment
Taiwan to Further Reduce Quotation Intervals for Odd-lot Trading
03/11/2023
Quotation intervals for intraday odd-lot trading will be reduced from 10 seconds to five seconds, effective from 27 November.
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