This year, regulators, supported by a slate of new legislation, have focused more of their efforts on AML violations and compliance deficiencies than ever before. As we have written about in the "AML Enforcement Continues to...more
8/24/2021
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
CFTC ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Financial Crimes ,
FinCEN ,
IRS ,
Money Laundering ,
NDAA ,
Popular ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
U.S. Treasury
As covered in our earlier advisory, "AML Enforcement Continues to Trend in 2021," the recently passed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2021 included the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AML Act), which...more
Federal regulators are increasing their scrutiny of companies' compliance with Anti-Money Laundering and Bank Secrecy Act Obligations, and if January is any indication, 2021 will be a record year for penalties. Just in the...more
CFTC Extends Designation of DTCC-SWIFT as Provider of Legal Entity Identifiers -
On July 20, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued an order extending the designation of the Depository Trust and Clearing...more
7/27/2015
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
AML/CFT ,
Banking Sector ,
CFTC ,
Chief Compliance Officers ,
EU ,
FATF ,
Federal Reserve ,
FinCEN ,
Global Systemically Important Banks (G-SIBs) ,
Illegal Tipping ,
Insider Trading ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Fraud
In this issue:
- ISS Launches New Equity Plan Data Verification Portal
- ISDA Publishes Protocol for 2014 Credit Derivatives Definitions
- FinCEN Issues Advisories for US Financial Institutions
-...more
8/25/2014
/ CFTC ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Compliance ,
Contests & Promotions ,
Derivatives ,
EMIR ,
Equity Plans ,
EU ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
FinCEN ,
Fraud ,
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) ,
ISDA ,
Judge Rakoff ,
OCC ,
Rule 10(b) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Security-Based Swaps ,
SEFs ,
Social Media ,
Swap Dealers ,
Swaps
On January 30, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) published two administrative rulings (Administrative Rulings) clarifying that certain participants in the Bitcoin economy (and other convertible virtual...more
In this issue:
- FTC Announces New Filing Thresholds for Hart-Scott-Rodino Pre-Merger Notifications
- SEC Division of Corporation Finance Issues Three C&DIs Relating to “Unbundling Rule”
- NFA Members...more
2/4/2014
/ Bitcoin ,
Bundling Rules ,
CFTC ,
Derivative Suit ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FinCEN ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Insider Trading ,
NFA ,
Pre-Merger Filing Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shareholder Litigation ,
Shareholders ,
The Clayton Act ,
Virtual Currency