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Reporting & Disclosures
ESMA Labelling Rules to Complicate Green Fund Market
By ESG Investor | 11/12/2022
Plans to introduce minimum investment thresholds risk creating two types of Article 8 products, says Julia Vergauwen at Linklaters.
Anti-Bribery & Corruption
US Authorities Fine NYSE-Listed ABB for South Africa Bribes
By Mark Johnston | 10/12/2022
The action was coordinated among US, South African and Swiss authorities. ABB also paid bribery related fines in 2004 and 2010.
Market Abuse
US Probes FTX Founder for Suspected Terra Manipulation
By Editors | 09/12/2022
Prosecutors are reportedly looking into whether Sam Bankman-Fried manipulated the prices of TerraUSD and Luna to benefit entities he controlled.
Emerging Prudential Risks
Geopolitical Risk Cited as Top Risk to Financial Industry: DTCC
By Editors | 08/12/2022
The top three threats in DTCC’s latest Systemic Risk Barometer survey were geopolitical risks & trade tensions, inflation, and cyber risk.
Cryptocurrency
NYDFS Sets Out Proposals to Charge Crypto Firms for Supervision
By Editors | 08/12/2022
The 22 crypto companies with a New York BitLicense will be subject to assessments to determine supervisory and examination costs.
Structural Regulation
CFTC Goes Live With New Swap Data Reporting Requirements
By Editors | 07/12/2022
The changes introduce new and updated data fields to drive the submission of more standardised trade data, largely based on the CDE developed by CPMI and IOSCO.
Cryptocurrency
SEC Thailand to Tighten Conflict Management Rules for ICO Portals
By Editors | 06/12/2022
Under the revised rules, ICO portals will also be allowed to outsource certain tasks to service providers, as long as they are not ‘core’ services.
Climate Risk
Fed Board Proposes Climate Risk Framework for Large US Banks
By Editors | 06/12/2022
One governor said he disagrees with the premise that climate change poses a serious risk to large banks and US financial stability because stress tests show the banks are resilient.
Structural Regulation
HKTR Announces Transitional Arrangement to Accommodate UTI Reporting
By Editors | 05/12/2022
Due to different UT adoption timelines across jurisdictions, reporting entities are allowed to report the UTI in any of the data fields of “UTI-USI”, “UTI-TID” or “Global UTI”.
PEPs & Sanctions
US, Korea, Japan Sanction DPRK Over Missile Tests
By Manesh Samtani | 05/12/2022
The sanctions were imposed in response to recent ballistic missile tests, including one that had enough range to reach the US mainland.
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