Climate Risk

Verra Publishes New Draft Methodology for REDD Projects

20/04/2023

The updated draft comes after investigative journalists reported finding that most of Verra’s forest carbon offsets do not represent genuine carbon reductions.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

Dubai: KPMG Ordered to Pay Investors Over Audit Violations

20/04/2023

The court said KPMG Lower Gulf committed “many violations” of international auditing standards and ordered the firm to pay investors $231mn.

Structural Regulation

ACCC Defers Decision on ANZ-Suncorp Merger to End-July

20/04/2023

The timeframe can be extended if applicants agree. ANZ agreed to an ACCC request to extend the review period from 12 June to 28 July.

Structural Regulation

Ravi Menon Reported to be Leaving MAS This Year

20/04/2023

Ravi Menon is MAS’ longest-serving managing director. Former deputy managing director Chia Der Jiun is tipped to be Menon’s successor.

Anti-Money Laundering

FATF Reiterates Calls for Global Adoption of Crypto AML Rules

20/04/2023

At a meeting in Tokyo last week, officials and the private sector discussed global progress and challenges in regulating virtual assets.

Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

ASIC Calls on Banks to Reconsider Approach to Scams

20/04/2023

Only 13 percent of scam payments made by customers were detected and stopped by the big four banks. Customers were “overwhelmingly” the bearer of scam losses.

Cybersecurity

Financial Sector Participating in Global Cyber Defence Exercise

20/04/2023

FS-ISAC member firms including Barclays, CME Group, Mastercard and Santander are participating in the so-called ‘Locked Shields’ exercise this year.

Cryptocurrency

HK Court Declares Crypto is Property That Can be Held on Trust

19/04/2023

The ruling was related to the March 2019 winding up of Gatecoin, which suffered a hack in 2016 and lost around $2mn in digital assets.

Market Abuse

Korea to Prosecute “Malicious Rumours” in Financial Market

19/04/2023

FSC Chairman Kim Joo-hyun instructed the FSS to prosecute those who spread false information after rumours circulated about problems at two unlisted lenders.