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AML / KYC
UK OFSI Updates Sanctions Guidance to Include Crypto
By Editors | 07/09/2022
Crypto firms are directed to freeze assets of targets listed under the Consolidated List and report suspected sanctions breaches to the OFSI.
Market Infrastructure
CME Proposes Early Conversion of Eurodollar Futures, Options
By Editors | 06/09/2022
The proposed 13 April 2023 conversion date is intended to help firms complete their operational work as early as possible in the LIBOR-to-SOFR transition process.
Market Infrastructure
Liz Truss Implications for the UK Financial Sector
By Manesh Samtani | 06/09/2022
Planned tax cuts will benefit banks. The FCA, PRA and PSR may be merged. China may be declared a threat to national security.
AML / KYC
German Prosecutors Raid JP Morgan as Part of Cum-Ex Probe
By Editors | 04/09/2022
Around 1,500 people are currently under investigation across 50 international and domestic financial institutions and brokers.
Crypto / Digital Assets
CME Group Launches Bitcoin, Ether Futures in Euro
By Editors | 31/08/2022
CME says the new contracts will provide institutional investors precise tools to trade and hedge their crypto exposures.
Enforcement
UK Regulators Conclude Six-Year Probe Into HBOS Execs
By Manesh Samtani | 30/08/2022
No further action will be taken against former senior managers of HBOS, which collapsed in 2008 during the height of the 2008 global financial crisis.
Securities / Derivatives
ICE to Launch UK Carbon Allowance Options in October
By Editors | 28/08/2022
UK Carbon Options will provide a new tool for managing carbon emissions price risk, building upon the launch of UK carbon allowance futures in May 2021.
ESG / Sustainability
Global Banks Worry of Extraterritoriality in EU’s CSRD – Report
By Editors | 28/08/2022
CSRD is “off-putting” for banks’ clients, as it would subject foreign companies to the full set of rules if they list even a single instrument in the EU.
Securities / Derivatives
BOE Confirms Plans to Remove USD LIBOR Contracts from DCO
By Editors | 26/08/2022
The BOE will add SOFR overnight index swaps to the scope of contracts subject to the derivatives clearing obligation and remove USD LIBOR contracts in April 2023.
AML / KYC
Germany to Form New Federal Authority for Financial Crime
By Editors | 26/08/2022
Germany currently has more than 300 supervisors, an issue highlighted by the FATF in its latest mutual evaluation report on the country.
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