The Government of the Cayman Islands has just published a Private Funds Bill and a proposal to amend the Mutual Funds Law (2019 Revision) as a result of pressure from the European Union and other international bodies. The idea is to align the Cayman Islands' regulatory regime for investment funds with those of other jurisdictions.
The Financial Market Supervisory Authority of Azerbaijan has ceased to be the financial regulatory authority for that country.
There is no formal definition of an ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance-related) investing style and people often use various names, such as sustainable investing, socially responsible investing and impact investing, interchangeably to describe it.
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority has obtained High Court approval for a scheme to return £2.5 million to compensate victims of a series of unauthorised collective investment schemes.
The Government of the Cayman Islands has just published a Private Funds Bill and a proposal to amend the Mutual Funds Law (2019 Revision) as a result of pressure from the European Union and other international b...
There is no formal definition of an ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance-related) investing style and people often use various names, such as sustainable investing, socially responsible investing and impact...
A recent paper by Juniper Research has assessed the regulations and standards which might affect the development of mobile payment security in the near future. ...
Family offices that intend to manage assets in Hong Kong have to be licensed, although there is no specific licensing regime for them. The rubric set out by the Securities and Futures Ordinance is based on activ...
In the first article of the year to do with compliance recruitment, our expert describes the stepping stones that a KYC contractor can traverse to find more lucrative employment. He also looks at the part that s...
The Financial Market Supervisory Authority of Azerbaijan has ceased to be the financial regulatory authority for that country. ...
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority has obtained High Court approval for a scheme to return £2.5 million to compensate victims of a series of unauthorised collective investment schemes....
In a court order that is of interest to all exchange-facing wealth management firms, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has alleged that between December 2014 and April 2016 Daewoo Securities Co Ltd too...
Parliamentary questions have been asked about the wisdom of HM Treasury's appointment of Andrew Bailey, the head of the UK's Financial Services Authority, to the Governorship of the Bank of England. Debate hinge...
The European Union's fifth Money Laundering Directive, which came into force on 9 July 2018, ought now to be enshrined in the laws of every country in the bloc. ...