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    PEPs & Sanctions

    US Adds Myanmar and China-based Companies to Entity List

    By Editors | 07/01/2025

    11 entities were added for supporting China’s military. Telecom provider Mytel was added for enabling surveillance of Myanmar people.

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    Trading & Investment

    Philippine SEC Proposes Draft Framework for Sukuk Bonds

    By Editors | 07/01/2025

    Companies can only issue sukuk through special purpose vehicles created specifically for such issuances.

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    PEPs & Sanctions

    OFAC Fines Aviation Products Supplier for Russia Shipments

    By Editors | 07/01/2025

    OFAC attributed the violations to the firm’s failure to rescreen customers after their SDN designation, and inadequate sanctions compliance procedures

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    PEPs & Sanctions

    US Eases Some Restrictions on Transactions in Syria

    By Editors | 07/01/2025

    Transactions with governing institutions in Syria allowed “even if a designated individual has a leadership role in that governing institution”

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    Anti-Money Laundering

    US Authorities Target US Clients of Trident Trust in Global Tax Probe

    By Editors | 07/01/2025

    US court order will require US entities of Trident Trust to reveal the identities of US taxpayer clients who used its services.

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    KYC & CDD

    US Court Blocks Beneficial Ownership Reporting Again

    By Manesh Samtani | 06/01/2025

    An order to reinstate beneficial ownership reporting obligations was reversed. DOJ has now taken the case to the Supreme Court

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    PEPs & Sanctions

    OFAC Sanctions Chinese Firm for Supporting Hacker Group

    By Editors | 06/01/2025

    OFAC said the cybersecurity firm, by supporting a Chinese state-sponsored hacker group, was complicit in activities that threatened US national security

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    PEPs & Sanctions

    China Adds 28 US Companies to Export Control List

    By Editors | 06/01/2025

    Ten of the companies were also added to China’s “unreliable entities” list. MOFCOM is separately considering restricting the export of battery tech.

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    Anti-Money Laundering

    Regulation Asia: Top 10 Contributed Articles for 2024

    By Editors | 05/01/2025

    This list presents the most-read contributed articles published by Regulation Asia in 2024, based on aggregated user traffic.

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    Structural Regulation

    FDIC Seeking Enhanced Oversight of Blackrock, Vanguard

    By Manesh Samtani | 05/01/2025

    BlackRock and Vanguard are asked to adopt a “passivity agreements” to ensure they don’t influence business decisions in the banks they invest in.

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