United States

    Enforcement

    CFTC Fines Morgan Stanley Over Inaccurate Swaps Reporting

    By Editors | 06/10/2020

    Morgan Stanley’s cooperation with the CFTC investigation was rewarded with a reduced civil monetary penalty of $5mn.

    Market Infrastructure

    ISDA Receives Positive Business Review Letter from DOJ

    By Manesh Samtani | 05/10/2020

    The letter brings ISDA a step closer to publishing a supplement and related protocol that will make IBOR fallbacks in derivatives a reality.

    AML / KYC

    Ransomware Payments May Breach OFAC Regulations

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 03/10/2020

    OFAC makes clear in a new advisory that it may impose civil penalties if ransomware payments are made to sanctioned individuals or entities.

    AML / KYC

    BitMEX Founders Charged for Evading AML Requirements

    By Editors | 03/10/2020

    Four individuals were charged for “willfully” failing to establish, implement, and maintain an adequate AML programme that included a KYC component.

    Enforcement

    CFTC Settles Charges Against Citi Over Deleted Audio Recordings

    By Editors | 01/10/2020

    Citi’s audio preservation system deleted more than 2.77 million audio files, including recordings that were subject to a December 2017 CFTC subpoena.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Fed Extends Restrictions on Bank Dividends, Share Buybacks

    By Editors | 01/10/2020

    Banks with more than $100bn in total assets are not allowed to initiate new share buyback programmes and dividends are capped based on recent income.

    Enforcement

    US Authorities Settle JP Morgan Spoofing Charges for $920m

    By Editors | 01/10/2020

    The settlement will fully resolve investigations carried out by the DOJ, CFTC and SEC into trades made over nearly ten years.

    Securities / Derivatives

    DTCC Outlines Steps to Fully Dematerialise US Securities Market

    By Editors | 01/10/2020

    DTCC believes that the industry can achieve full dematerialisation of over 98 percent of all US physical certificates in the next three years.

    Enforcement

    Two Ex-Deutsche Traders Convicted in Spoofing Case

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 29/09/2020

    The two former traders were found guilty of fraud charges for their respective roles in manipulating gold and silver futures prices.

    Securities / Derivatives

    CSRC Approves Four ETFs Tracking New SSE STAR 50 Index

    By Editors | 26/09/2020

    China Asset Management, E Fund Management, Huatai-PineBridge Fund Management and ICBC Credit Suisse Asset Management received approval.

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